Government grocery stores sound good until you do the math
Thin margins make big savings impossible. When government steps in, costs don’t fall. They shift to taxpayers
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Consumer boycott of U.S. products exposes a bigger homegrown problem
Shoppers are dropping U.S. goods, but interprovincial trade barriers are still preventing Canadian firms from competing at scale
Is Carney’s GST credit boost just political theatre?
The expanded GST credit offers short-term relief but not lasting food affordability
Canada has a policy-driven food inflation problem
A web of regulations, compliance costs, carbon pricing and interprovincial trade barriers is quietly pushing food prices higher
Carney’s tax relief falls short for Canadians
Carney says he cut taxes, so why are Canadians paying more?
Canadians should thank Trump for targeting supply management
Trump is forcing the Canadian government to confront what it has long avoided: an end to supply management
Carney pretends to pivot but keeps spending like Trudeau
New script, same playbook. Nothing in the Carney budget breaks from the Trudeau years
Why so many forecasts get it wrong
Forecasts crumble the moment Canadians respond to rising costs or policy shifts
The painful return of food inflation exposes Canada’s trade failures
Canadians are feeling the pinch as Ottawa’s trade blunders and a weak dollar drive grocery bills higher
Canada’s capital crisis is dragging us down
We need to rethink how we use public dollars before the damage becomes irreversible
Red tape is killing Canadian housing affordability
Bureaucracy and bad policy, not demand, are driving up housing prices
Yearly pumpkin spice ritual masks Canada’s cost-of-living pain
Behind the popularity of pumpkin spice lattes is a bitter truth about the state of Canada’s economy
Why meal kits will never go mainstream
Meal kits are still on the menu but not the main course
