CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa wants answers on food prices. It may not like what it finds

Sylvain Charlebois writes, "For years, Canadians were told many times grocers alone were responsible for rising food prices. The reality is far more complicated and far more uncomfortable."

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By: Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois is director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast.

Ottawa is once again examining whether a lack of competition across Canada’s food supply chain is contributing to persistently high food prices. The Competition Bureau has laun…