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.
A campaign official speaking on background confirms Freeland will be in British Columbia today as the plan is published.
It will include a promise to cap profit margins for grocers on essential items including eggs, milk, vegetables and baby formula.
She also will promise to make “shrinkflation” illegal, referring to the practice of making containers slightly smaller so consumers barely notice the difference but charging the same price for less food….