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High grocery bills? Blame Ottawa, not Washington

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The rising cost of food

It was expected, but still jarring. In April, food inflation in Canada surged to 3.8% — a full 2.1 percentage points above the national inflation...

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Castanet

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SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Elbows up, food prices up — until Ottawa quietly backed down

tuesday 10

PNI Atlantic news

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Opinion: Tipping creep becomes serious irritant for Canadians

17.05.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Canadians reject strict plant-based diets for more balanced food choices

14.05.2025 3

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Reaching a tipping point

Tipping fatigue is real — and it’s spreading. What was once a gesture of appreciation has become an increasingly opaque and frustrating part of...

14.05.2025 3

Castanet

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SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: The economics of tipping has run amok

13.05.2025 10

PNI Atlantic news

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Emojis, guilt and hidden fees: The economics of tipping run amok

12.05.2025 10

St. Catharines Standard

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Canadians are ditching U.S. brands. And it’s working, at least for now

08.05.2025 5

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Protecting dairy industry

Prime Minister Mark Carney is no Justin Trudeau. While the team around him may be familiar, the tone has clearly shifted. His first week in office...

07.05.2025 3

Castanet

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Opinion: Grocery sales shift from American to Canadian, but will it last?

06.05.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Canada is missing out on the global milk boom

06.05.2025 4

Troy Media

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Opinion: Political stability vital for Canada's food, farm sectors

02.05.2025 8

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Will farmers, food security lose after Liberal win?

02.05.2025 1

PNI Atlantic news

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Impact of election on food

The Liberal Party, now led by Mark Carney, has secured a fourth consecutive term, albeit once again with a minority mandate. This time, however, the...

02.05.2025 20

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Liberal win puts Canada’s farmers and food supply at risk

01.05.2025 9

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Opinion: Rise of working from home in Canada changing how we eat

29.04.2025 9

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

The U.S. is ditching food dyes. Will Canada follow?

25.04.2025 3

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Lawsuits over herbicide

In a quiet but seismic signal to the global agri-food industry, Bayer is warning it may halt the production of glyphosate — the world’s most...

23.04.2025 2

Castanet

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Canada greenlights drugs, surgery for teen obesity

15.04.2025 9

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Canada's tariff response

Canada’s food processing sector is becoming increasingly vulnerable – not merely due to global market volatility, but as a direct consequence of...

15.04.2025 3

Castanet

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Ottawa’s tariff posturing fuelling inflation, weakening Canada’s food supply

13.04.2025 3

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Your Easter chocolate just got pricier

11.04.2025 4

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Buying Canadian

As geopolitical friction between Canada and the United States intensifies, particularly on the trade front, the real battleground may not be in...

09.04.2025 3

Castanet

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Opinion: Canada still embroiled in trade war with two largest economies

08.04.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Trump spares Canada (for now), but trade fights with China and India escalate

05.04.2025 6

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Food producers burn while Ottawa worships at the alter of the auto sector

01.04.2025 9

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Canada's tariff focus

In the shadow of endless headlines about Donald Trump and the American political circus, another crisis is quietly unfolding on Canadian soil — this...

01.04.2025 3

Castanet

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Opinion: Farmers' revenue, income, federal support soared under Liberals

28.03.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Trump’s economic chaos isn’t a side effect. It’s his strategy

25.03.2025 3

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Opinion: Farmers pay the price for Ottawa's electric vehicle gamble This crisis started with Ottawa’s decision last October to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and batteries, mirroring a move by the U.S.

22.03.2025 9

Edmonton Journal

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Opinion: Farmers pay the price for Ottawa's electric vehicle gamble

21.03.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Farmers pay the price for Ottawa’s EV obsession

20.03.2025 6

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Carney’s carbon tax rebrand won’t ease food prices. It just hides the pain

18.03.2025 4

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Trade dispute with China

The lack of foresight in Ottawa’s trade and industrial policies is astonishing. And farmers keep paying the price, Canada has walked itself into an...

18.03.2025 3

Castanet

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Canada’s food system has proven its resilience – again and again

13.03.2025 10

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Canada sleepwalks into another trade war – this time with China

11.03.2025 4

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Canada needs new strategy

The scene in the Oval Office on Feb. 28 between Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump was deeply unsettling. The...

06.03.2025 10

Castanet

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Canadians pay the price for Ottawa’s trade war strategy

06.03.2025 5

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Nova Scotia leads the way in dismantling costly trade barriers

28.02.2025 4

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Opinion: With GST holiday over, Canadians brace for food price rebound

24.02.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Food prices dropped during the GST holiday, but was it real?

21.02.2025 3

Troy Media

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Opinion: Canada avoiding price pickle as cost of eggs soars in U.S.

19.02.2025 3

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Dairy farmers need to wake up before the system crumbles

16.02.2025 10

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Egg prices are cracking under pressure

11.02.2025 10

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Trump’s tariffs hurt Canada’s agri-food, but our own policies are worse

06.02.2025 7

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Sylvain Charlebois

Comment: Trump’s tariffs hurt Canada’s agri-food — but our own policies are worse

A commentary by the director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax. The Trump administration’s decision to impose a...

04.02.2025 3

Vancouver Is Awesome

Sylvain Charlebois

Wake up Ottawa! Free trade is dead

31.01.2025 9

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Canada’s interprovincial trade barriers make Trump’s 51st state jab hit home

28.01.2025 10

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Comment: Canada lets Cherry Blossom melt away

A commentary by the director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and co-host of The Food ­Professor Podcast. Hershey...

23.01.2025 7

Vancouver Is Awesome

Sylvain Charlebois