Dr. Sylvain Charlebois at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On October 31st, 2024. See this statement in context.

October 31st, 2024 / 9:40 a.m.

Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab and Professor, Dalhousie University, Agri-Food Analytics Lab

It's a good question.

Last year, we surveyed 9,000 Canadians. We asked them how much food prices have gone up in the last five years—since March 2020, or COVID—without telling them. The average answer was 78%.

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