Menu Fermer

Articles sur Food prices

Affichage de 21 à 40 de 120 articles

A recent report from Canada’s competition watchdog found that a lack of competition in the grocery sector has led to higher prices for consumers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

Increasing monopoly power poses a threat to Canada’s post-pandemic economic recovery

As Canada embarks on its post-pandemic economic recovery, policymakers must ensure economic resilience and inclusiveness while preventing existing monopoly issues from worsening.
By only focusing on how to keep food costs low, we risk ignoring the underlying causes of why people cannot afford food in the first place. (Ashley Jean MacDonald)

The true cost of food: High grocery prices are not the root issue

Many people are experiencing the sticker shock of higher prices at grocery stores. But the amount we pay for food often does not reflect the real social, environmental and human costs of production.
A well in Afanasyeva village, Mykolaiv region, damaged by flooding after the Kakhovka Dam breach. Anatolii Stepanov /AFP via Getty Images

Kakhovka Dam breach in Ukraine caused economic, agricultural and ecological devastation that will last for years

Breaching the Kakhovka Dam and reservoir had all the hallmarks of a scorched-earth strategy. Two expert observers of the Russia-Ukraine war explain this event’s destructive long-term effects.

Les contributeurs les plus fréquents

Plus