More than half of Canadians are struggling to pay for household grocery bills as the country faces a 7.7 percent inflation rate, the highest in 39 years, a new Angus Reid Institute (ARI) study shows.
Out of more than 5,000 adult Canadians surveyed, 45 percent said they are worse off now than they were at this time a year ago—the highest rate recorded in the past 12 years, the study said. But more than one-third (34 percent) believe things will get worse in a year from now—also the highest number in more than a decade.
Many factors contributed to this sentiment as Canadians feel the inflationary impacts when paying for groceries, housing, and gas. Cost of living is considered the top provincial issue, with 63 percent of respondents saying so, followed by health care (52 percent) and housing affordability (31 percent)….