About 35 percent of Canadians are struggling to pay for groceries as inflation continues to push food prices higher, Statistics Canada representatives told MPs on a House of Commons committee.
“Since early 2021, higher prices for gasoline, shelter, food, and consumer durables like automobiles have put upward pressure on consumer inflation,” said Matthew MacDonald, assistant director of Statistics Canada’s Consumer Prices Division.
MacDonald was appearing before the Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture on March 6, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
MacDonald said that as inflation has “ramped up” across the country since 2022, many Canadians who were surveyed by the federal agency said they felt the pressure of rising prices in their grocery bills….