Commentary
Canadians have plenty to worry about these days, from grocery bills and housing costs to government debt and our increasingly difficult relationship with the United States. These issues may seem unrelated. They aren’t. Canada is entering a period when we need to be more competitive, more productive, and more economically resilient. Yet too many of the obstacles holding us back are of our own making.
We can’t control Donald Trump, but we can certainly control what we do to ourselves.
Start with your grocery bill. Canada’s Food Price Report 2026 estimates that a family of four will spend $17,571 on food this year, nearly $1,000 more than last year. Food prices are now 27 percent higher than they were five years ago….