CHARLEBOIS: Why food is more expensive in Canada

Sylvain Charlebois writes, "Administrative delays represent an inefficiency that governments have the ability to address."

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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.

Canadians often wonder why food costs so much. Many economists are quick to blame President Trump, climate change, global supply chains, exchange rates, or other external forc…