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Opinion: Counter-tariffs — Canada’s self-inflicted food bill

Opinion: Counter-tariffs — Canada’s self-inflicted food bill
yesterday 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Counter-tariffs at the checkout: Canada’s self-inflicted food bill

previous day 3

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois: Companies need to ditch patriotic gimmicks like 'ditch the inch'

Sylvain Charlebois: Companies need to ditch patriotic gimmicks like 'ditch the inch'
thursday 10

PNI Atlantic news

Sylvain Charlebois

Calling items Canadian

Calling items Canadian

The so-called "buy Canadian" movement gained momentum when U.S. President Donald Trump suggested, half in jest but with a tone of menace, that Canada...

thursday 3

Castanet

Sylvain Charlebois

Carney’s nation-building plan forgets food

thursday 4

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Maple washing is killing trust in Canadian grocers

17.09.2025 10

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Opinion: Phones replacing Canadian kitchens, including Saskatchewan's

Opinion: Phones replacing Canadian kitchens, including Saskatchewan's
13.09.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Pumpkin spice time of year

Pumpkin spice time of year

Behind the popularity of pumpkin spice lattes is a bitter truth about the state of Canada’s economy. Pumpkin spice isn’t just a flavour—it’s...

13.09.2025 5

Castanet

Sylvain Charlebois

Yearly pumpkin spice ritual masks Canada’s cost-of-living pain

13.09.2025 4

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

Yearly pumpkin spice ritual masks Canada’s cost-of-living pain

10.09.2025 10

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Why meal kits will never go mainstream

07.09.2025 10

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

Opinion: On food security, Liberals' temp foreign worker plan is better

Opinion: On food security, Liberals' temp foreign worker plan is better
06.09.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Why meal kits will never go mainstream

05.09.2025 2

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois: Meal kits serve pricey niche market in Canada

Sylvain Charlebois: Meal kits serve pricey niche market in Canada
04.09.2025 9

PNI Atlantic news

Sylvain Charlebois

Opinion: Elbows down? Carney ends Canada’s self-inflicted grocery tax This rollback is timely. As we enter the critical fall season, when demand for staple goods and prepared foods typically rises, removing artificial cost pressures will likely prevent food inflation from drifting further out of control.

Opinion: Elbows down? Carney ends Canada’s self-inflicted grocery tax This rollback is timely. As we enter the critical fall season, when demand for staple goods and prepared foods typically rises, removing artificial cost pressures will likely prevent food inflation from drifting further out of control.
31.08.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Sylvain Charlebois

U.S. closes door on small Canadian food exporters

28.08.2025 10

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois: Carney ends Canada’s self-inflicted grocery tax

26.08.2025 6

PNI Atlantic news

Sylvain Charlebois

Carney’s tariff blunder cost you at the checkout

26.08.2025 3

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

We’ve never had so many food recalls. This is why that’s actually a good sign

21.08.2025 10

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

Lab-made food won’t win over Canadian shoppers

19.08.2025 10

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Why are we trading our breadbasket for a battery pack?

18.08.2025 4

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

In a tariff pickle: How Ottawa’s policy is canning Canadian choice

13.08.2025 10

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

Rice taking a bigger bite out of grocery budgets

12.08.2025 9

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Opinion: The 93 per cent tariff exemption is a mirage

10.08.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Sunny-side up for farmers, scrambled for consumers

10.08.2025 10

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois: The 93 per cent mirage of Canada's trade deal exemption

07.08.2025 10

PNI Atlantic news

Sylvain Charlebois

It’s time for Canadians to serve themselves

03.08.2025 10

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

Carney dropped the ball on tariffs

03.08.2025 10

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Charlebois: How politics is inflating the price of your coffee

31.07.2025 5

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Charlebois: Canada got fatter since the pandemic. Pharma noticed.

31.07.2025 4

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Charlebois: Time for Canadians to serve themselves

31.07.2025 5

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Charlebois: Time for Canadians to serve themselves

26.07.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois: Time for Canadians to serve themselves

26.07.2025 10

PNI Atlantic news

Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois: The tariff time bomb and why food prices haven’t spiked yet

24.07.2025 10

PNI Atlantic news

Sylvain Charlebois

World population decline threatens Canada’s food sector

23.07.2025 10

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois: Why depopulation is the food industry’s silent crisis

22.07.2025 10

PNI Atlantic news

Sylvain Charlebois

Fewer people, fewer mouths

It’s difficult to argue climate change isn’t the most pressing threat to our agri-food sector. Farmers, processors, distributors, retailers, and...

22.07.2025 4

Castanet

Sylvain Charlebois

Why depopulation is the food industry’s silent crisis

21.07.2025 8

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

Canada got fatter since the pandemic and pharma cashed in

20.07.2025 9

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Charlebois: Canada got fatter since the pandemic. Pharma noticed.

19.07.2025 9

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois: Canada got fatter since the pandemic; pharma noticed

16.07.2025 10

PNI Atlantic news

Sylvain Charlebois

Charlebois: How politics is inflating the price of your coffee

12.07.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Sylvain Charlebois

A bitter brew as trade war drives up coffee prices

12.07.2025 6

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Who killed Jersey Milk? Spoiler: It was the economy

11.07.2025 10

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

Iconic chocolate bar gone

It appears Jersey Milk chocolate is gone after all — despite weeks of corporate denials. Mondelez has now confirmed the product is being...

10.07.2025 3

Castanet

Sylvain Charlebois

Jersey Milk’s demise highlights deeper cracks in Canada’s economy

08.07.2025 10

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Why matcha may be the next pumpkin spice

04.07.2025 10

St. Catharines Standard

Sylvain Charlebois

Globalism hangover

For the past six months, U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies have been widely mocked, criticized, and condemned. Some of it is certainly...

02.07.2025 3

Castanet

Sylvain Charlebois

Canada’s loyalty to globalism is bleeding our economy dry

01.07.2025 6

Troy Media

Sylvain Charlebois

Food costs not rising as fast

For the first time in 2025, food inflation in Canada has shown meaningful signs of easing. According to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data...

28.06.2025 3

Castanet

Sylvain Charlebois