Metro Vancouver gas prices jump days before B.C. axes consumer carbon price [Video]

Some Metro Vancouver drivers were confronted with sticker shock Wednesday morning, after an overnight bump in the price of gas.

The cost of regular gasoline climbed to over $1.80 per litre in many areas — just days after the province confirmed it would scrap the consumer carbon price next week.

That had some motorists Global News spoke with fuming at the pump, while others speculated about the timing of the price hike.

Petroleum analyst Dan McTeague of Canadians for Affordable Energy attributed the price increase to higher spring break demand and the weak Canadian dollar.

“What you often see is prices going even higher than now, so people are getting a real break … This time last year it was $2.04, that’s a 25-cent difference year over year,” he said.

“This time last year 134 pennies bought you one U.S. dollar, now it’s 142. So that’s added about six cents …