That's exactly what I recommended to the finance committee a few months ago: Pause the carbon tax to better understand how the policy is impacting food affordability in Canada. Right now, it is very difficult. As a lab, we've been trying to assess the impact. Unless you have firm-level data, it's practically impossible to assess, but I would suggest pausing it for now to understand, just for the food chain, because right now I do believe it's putting way more pressure on wholesale and retail and making the industry less competitive.
On October 31st, 2024. See this statement in context.