The Conservatives are urging the Carney government to eliminate various taxes on everyday essentials, arguing that Canadians deserve to shop for food without “stress and anxiety.”
My first thought was that food isn't taxed at the grocery store, but then as I read further I realized that food is taxed, not at the grocery store, but at the input and production stages. We need to eliminate the taxes that drive up the price of food before it gets to the shelves, like gasoline taxes, input taxes, and as mentioned, packaging taxes and farm inputs. Food is taxed at every step of the way except for at the checkout and so we don't see it as easily. Kudos to the conservatives and Juno news for calling out the government and telling them this is definitely their fault.
Coffee prices also rose due to Canada's illegal tariffs on CUSMA items including coffee that gets processed and/or packaged in the US. We might soon see a lowering of prices due to that being cancelled.
This is all that the Poilievre can come with. He was going to get the liberals out of power. Now all he can come with is a little squabble about reducing food price. When he already knows that the lieberals will do anything especially burn up the tax dollars. This broken landscape is finished , done, sunk.
My first thought was that food isn't taxed at the grocery store, but then as I read further I realized that food is taxed, not at the grocery store, but at the input and production stages. We need to eliminate the taxes that drive up the price of food before it gets to the shelves, like gasoline taxes, input taxes, and as mentioned, packaging taxes and farm inputs. Food is taxed at every step of the way except for at the checkout and so we don't see it as easily. Kudos to the conservatives and Juno news for calling out the government and telling them this is definitely their fault.
Coffee prices are up due to crop failures in Brazil. One has to be careful regarding why prices are up or down. Generalizations do not work.
Coffee prices also rose due to Canada's illegal tariffs on CUSMA items including coffee that gets processed and/or packaged in the US. We might soon see a lowering of prices due to that being cancelled.
Considering lag times based on preexisting inventory
Yep , it governments "duty" to tax, tax and tax more . Did You not know this ? Does amoral fit the picture?
This is all that the Poilievre can come with. He was going to get the liberals out of power. Now all he can come with is a little squabble about reducing food price. When he already knows that the lieberals will do anything especially burn up the tax dollars. This broken landscape is finished , done, sunk.