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Everyday Canadians traveling by car this Victoria Day holiday weekend are feeling the squeeze of gas pump prices constricting their wallets.

And those planning a family road trip this summer may be wondering if they’ll even be able to afford the added expense.

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“(With) no trade agreement (between the U.S. and China) and no tensions (in the Middle East) prices are going to remain five to seven cents a litre from what we’re paying today,” Dan McTeague, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.com, said recently of 2019 summer gas prices.

“With trade tensions abating and growing geopolitical tensions — the sky is the limit,” he said, explaining an active hurricane season between July and September would further compound things.

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Many Canadians are already rethinking their summer plans with current prices just under all-time record highs set last year.

Toyota Canada released a survey last week that found 47% of Canadians are less likely to go on road trips for their summer vacation because of the sky-high gas prices. In B.C. the provincial carbon tax has unsettled drivers paying a whopping $1.70 a litre in Vancouver, prompting more than half of them to reevaluate their family vacation plans.