food prices

Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland will publish a plan today to lower food prices, attacking a key part of the cost-of-living issue that plagued her for much of her tenure as the minister of finance.

Many shoppers indignant at Trump's tariff threat are vowing to shop Canadian, regardless of any increased hit to their wallet.

About 50 per cent of Canada's fruit, nuts and vegetables are imported from the U.S. Nearly 90 per cent of leafy greens come from California. We also rely heavily on California and Arizona for spinach, celery, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage, according to research by York University.

A profile of the Canadian professor whose public stand on food prices and the carbon tax is at the nexus of our country's food and climate policy.

Niki Ashton, MP for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in Northern Manitoba, has paid back her expenses from a Quebec trip over the Christmas holidays in 2022 profiled in a CBC News article released two weeks ago.

Higher food prices are becoming the new normal. One solution is for workers to bargain hard so their wages catch up.

The desert locust — a short-horned species found in some dry areas of northern and eastern Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia — is a migratory insect that travels in swarms of millions over long distances and damages crops, causing famine and food insecurity.

One of the federal government's top priorities for the year ahead involves attracting new international grocers to Canada to expand competition and drive down prices, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on Sunday as a cabinet retreat was about to begin in Montreal.

International climate talks turned to a power game on Friday as dozens of world leaders including the Saudi crown prince and India's prime minister were to speak, but two of the world's most powerful men — President Joe Biden of the U.S. and China's President Xi Jinping — were glaringly absent.

Statistics Canada is expected to release its latest reading on inflation today.

More competition is needed in Canada’s grocery sector as consumers grapple with higher food prices, said Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, after two of the country's largest grocers reported higher sales and profits in the most recent quarter.

The committee passed an NDP motion on Thursday to invite the grocery executives, and summon them if necessary, to testify about the measures their companies are taking to address food inflation.

MPs are returning to the House of Commons today determined to find relief for Canadians feeling the pinch of inflation.

The increased food price volatility is likely to persist as long as Russia puts the global food supply under deliberate stress.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a massive overhaul to his cabinet two years into his latest mandate, with about three-quarters of cabinet portfolios switching hands.