Alberta reclaims title of cheapest gas prices in Canada due to scrapped carbon tax, say analysts CTV News CalgaryFor the first time in six years, Alberta is seeing the cheapest gas prices across the country and analysts say that’s largely in part to the scrapped carbon tax. Up until the end of May, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and even PEI, at times, maintained lower prices but a few factors have allowed Alberta to reclaim the title of cheapest prices. According to gasbuddy.com, the average price of gas has dropped 4.9 cents per litre in the past week in Alberta and is now averaging 117.24 cents per litre. In Calgary, the price sits at 108.59 cents per litre, which is down from last week’s 116.07 cents per ...