It does not matter why prices go up because the impact on the consumer is the same. If higher prices are desirable then higher prices because OPEC wants to make more money must be a good thing. It is illogical to argue otherwise.
It's only a bad thing because the revenues are going to industry instead of into government coffers. That's why Horgan wants the feds to provide relief, his government would have no chance of even maintaining the claim of a balanced budget if it lowered any provincial tax on fuel.