Publications in medias

New ‘Free the Beer’ bill to sidestep interprovincial laws: Dalhousie University’s Charlebois (BNN Bloomberg)

A recent private member’s bill in Ottawa could now give Canadians a second chance to “Free the Beer” by forcing Canada Post to ship alcoholic products anywhere in Canada, and sidestep archaic [...]

Business Report: Is the province pondering new taxes? (CityNews)

With the province facing a deep financial hole to dig out of, can we expect new taxes in the budget? Richard Southern asks the finance minister.

How will the Biden Administration impact Canada? (The Food Professor Podcast)

After four long years of the Trump administrations nationalistic economic agenda, we discuss the economic impacts #46 will have on Canada’s industries. From agriculture to oil and gas, Biden is [...]

Research reveals Canadians are worried about food prices rising in 2021 (Your Morning)

Canadian families expected to pay more for food in 2021 (City News)

The average Canadian family will be expected to add an additional $700 for food in 2021. As one food distribution expert tells Jackie Perez grocery stores look to recover expenses brought on by [...]

The cost of groceries will increase in 2021 (CTV News)

The food inflation index has outpaced the general inflation index over the last 20 years, and that trend is likely to continue for a while.

Canadian food prices expected to rise in 2021 (Global News)

In 2021, food will cost nearly $700 more in 2021 for average family.

Food prices continue rising in 2021 (CTV News)

Average Canadian family expected to pay $700 extra for groceries next year.

Canadian families will pay up to $695 more a year for groceries in 2021, report says (Halifaxtoday)

The average Canadian family will pay up to an extra $695 for food next year, as the pandemic, wildfires and changing consumer habits drive up grocery bills to the highest increase ever predicted [...]

Canada’s food prices to keep rising in 2021: Report (The Weather Network)

The 11th edition of Canada’s Food Price Report is out, and if you’re already on a tight grocery budget, things are about to get worse

We should trust our food supply chain, although some risks remain in COVID-19 crisis: opinion Sylvain Charlebois (CTV News)

Many markets in Canada will likely go through a second lockdown, including the Atlantic Bubble. With potentially 60,000 cases a day within weeks, it seems inevitable. The virus knows no borders, [...]

Meat and vegetable prices drive rise in inflation: StatCan (CTV News)

Statistics Canada says the consumer price index in October was up 0.7 per cent compared with a year ago, and the sharpest increase since June was almost entirely driven by rising food prices, [...]

The Food Professor podcast

Peter van Stolk, CEO at FoodX Technologies and Spud.com talks grocery eCommerce growth and selling Canadian technology to the word, exploring a Biden White House plus the Clearwater-Mi’kmaq First [...]

Food prices to rise across Canada as COVID-19 pandemic continues (Golbal News)

We’re leaving the era of cheap food in Canada, according to a leading food distribution researcher also known as Canada’s Food Professor.

Buy Canadian food campaign could end badly for Ottawa (The Hamilton Spectator)

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is going into marketing. It wants you to buy Canadian. The federal government intends to spend $25 million over five years starting this summer to promote [...]

Couche-Tard, a Canadian success story built on convenience (The Chronicle Herald)

You have two types of convenience stores these days. You either have the mom-and-pop stores, often operated by local people or newcomers seeking a better life in their adopted country. You also [...]

We would be better off with more women agrifood entrepreneurs (The Chronicle Herald)

By managing risks differently, women entrepreneurs bring needed diversity of thought in the food manufacturing system. But it’s a sad fact that some serious gaps exist between the extent to [...]

Canada’s food guide should be under review – but it must not be politicized (The Globe And Mail)

n the 12 years between releases of Health Canada’s food guide, we seem to have forgotten all about the guide itself. Even though the food guide has been a national institution for quite some time [...]

Break out the guacamole; U.S./Mexico tariffs could be a win for Canada (The Chronicle Herald)

In an unprecedented move last week, and in a single tweet, U.S. President Donald Trump opted to impose five per cent tariffs on all Mexican imports until the illegal immigration issue gets resolved.

Hunger is a horrible word. And how to solve it is an undertaking for us all (Ottawa Citizen)

Hunger is cruelly invisible and unfairly discriminatory. Women, the disabled, the Indigenous and people living in northern communities are disproportionally hungry more so than the average Canadian.

Carbon pricing will change what and how we eat (Globe & Mail)

Incentivizing companies to reduce GHG emissions through carbon pricing is not a perfect idea, but action is needed. If we do not pay a price for pollution now, the price in the future will likely [...]

Taking stock in Canada’s new food guide (AIMS)

According to a new report by Dalhousie and Guelph Universities, the new food guide is cheaper to follow than the old one by 1.98$ per day for a family of 4. However, most Canadians aren’t willing [...]

Why Ottawa’s countertariffs could boost the country’s food industry (The Globe and Mail)

We are now officially at war with the United States – trade war, that is. In response to U.S.-imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, Canada intends to introduce levies on some U.S. goods. Like [...]