Matthew Lau: Ottawa should aim for real grocery affordability

2026-02-04 - 11:05

The federal Liberals are again trying to solve the country’s economic problems by handing out money to people, this time in the form of a “Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit” that will provide more than 12 million Canadians with handouts totalling $11.7 billion over six years. With this money, Ottawa's announcement said, “Canada’s new government will be offsetting grocery cost increases beyond overall inflation since the pandemic.” Whose monetary and fiscal policies enabled these harmful price increases since the pandemic the “new” government’s announcement did not say. Read More