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CHARLEBOIS: Why the most important food prices are rising again

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois writes, "The narrative that food inflation is easing is, at best, incomplete."

Apr 20, 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

Food inflation in Canada may have eased to 4.0% in March, but don’t be misled by the headline. The number that matters most—food…

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