Brigitte Pellerin: Project Pantry? We could use tax dollars more productively than arresting those desperate enough to steal food.

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Not to boast, but I’m old enough to remember going grocery shopping without having to walk past security guards.

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I’m also old enough to remember coffee cream selling for $3.99 a litre. It seems like it was just a few years ago. As I contemplated paying $6.49 for the same product this week and having to say hello to security guards at the door, in addition to metal barriers preventing people from running out of the store without paying for their purchases, I wondered: Is a police crackdown the right solution to this problem?

Evidently, what you or I think of this issue isn’t considered relevant because without much consultation, the........

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