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CHARLEBOIS: Under Carney, food inflation has outpaced inflation every single month

Sylvain Charlebois writes, "Not once during Carney's tenure has food inflation fallen below the national inflation rate."

Jun 23, 2026
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Prime Minister Carney at a podium in a grocery store in Ottawa, Ontario.
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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.

The latest inflation numbers from Statistics Canada should make policymakers uncomfortable.

In May, overall inflation reached 3.2%, while food inflation climbed to 3.8%. At first glance, the dif…

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