With the hype caused by the scandal at Hockey Canada, few noticed last week that Ottawa decided to investigate food prices and the alleged abuse by large grocery chains. This was decided by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, and the members of the committee will examine the problem in the coming weeks.
We must first welcome Ottawa’s decision. Even though Canada currently has the third-lowest food inflation rate among the G7 countries, after Japan and France, the rate of food inflation in Canada has exceeded general inflation for 13 consecutive months now. Every trip to the grocery store gets more financially painful, almost daily….