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CHARLEBOIS: The hidden food inflation tax nobody talks about

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois writes, "Across Canada, provinces are shifting recycling costs from municipalities to manufacturers."

May 15, 2026
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By: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

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

Something very few people are talking about right now is how recycling policy is quietly adding pressure to food inflation in Canad…

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