So it is the government taxes that take out the most disproportionate chunk of your gas bill. That is true in Canada as well, although I think it's an even bigger chunk here than in the USA.

I note that here also the gas price has been creeping up steadily since the election was over. From $0.789 a liter on election day...to its present level of $0.949 in this locality (as of yesterday, when I bought some).

It's amusing that Canadian gas prices should be manipulated as a byproduct of an American election, isn't it?