What is driving food inflation and what can be done about it...
Brian Lilley speaks with Sylvain Charlebois, AKA The Food Professor.
You might see Sylvain Charlebois talk with other media outlets, but he and I have been talking for years and have a different kind of chat. I’d even say it’s a better one.
We chatted again this week after the latest inflation report came out showing grocery prices up by more than 30% over the last five years.
And you should see what he says about the prices of beef, chicken and pork.
You can also read my analysis in the column published at the Toronto Sun.
And my column on the idea of a city run grocery store is here.
It's not all that difficult. What is obvious is that escalating prices are due to the injection of taxes and regulations at all levels of production, transportation, distribution and consumption.
An economy can stand taxation and regulation up to a point And at low levels it can actually be stimulative if it goes to providing security, infrastucture and *supportive* services to the above.
If it goes to graft, and nonproductive purposes it is an increasing drag and points the economy downwards.
At some point the burden becomes too much and the economy begins to sputter and die.
That's where we are right now and I'm not even sure that this was an accidental effect because Liberal governments have been experimenting with how much they can get away with for years now.
Tighten your belts. We are in a controlled flight into terrain with madmen in the cockpit.
Yes the price of fuel for trucks has been increased so that is all tax money collected on tax for carbon tax and transport companies can’t absorb the ridiculous costs of tax on tax for tax ! Does anyone remember when diesel was cheaper than gas ? And that was why diesel is cheaper to refine than gas; do the research it’s all fake government control !
So that being said Les government and less propaganda from the government owned media/ not the citizens of the country and big promises of military spending with all the other WEF nations !!
Think about that !!
We the citizens of Canada are now starved slaves !!
Paying income tax and the hidden other taxes all dumped on the consumer! Carbon tax is a complete hoax !!
It’s totally liberal nonsense!! None of these extra government costs are real ; so we keep paying for foreign take over and sharing our military tech. It’s just wrong !!
Thoughts ?