Inflation has been especially good for Canada's extraction industries

“Wealthy oil and gas companies are using this opportunity to make their CEOs and institutional shareholders even richer than they were before."

View of smoke plumes emitted from the Syncrude upgrader plant north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta. (Greenpeace International)

While most people struggle to afford the basics, executives at Canada’s oil, gas and mining companies have pocketed nearly a quarter of the extra money Canadians are spending due to inflation, according to a new report from t…