MPs should investigate high food prices as Canadians ‘losing faith’ in system: expert via nationalpost
“A lot of people are losing faith here. And that’s a problem. And I think Parliamentarians should actually look into this,” he said.
“All these things paint a picture that clearly there’s something going on,” he said. Singh pointed to the 2018 bread-price-fixing scandal as precedent. He added that given the bread price-fixing scandal, “there’s baggage there, which certainly would make some of the criticism deserved.” But that doesn’t mean there aren’t questions about why prices of specific foods are going up, such as seafood, meat and bakery goods.
“I think the onus is on the grocery chains to be a little bit more upfront with Canadians,” he said. “All Canadians can see is basically what’s in front of them, week in, week out. They can see the huge… increases.”Article content
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