The Food Professor
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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Director/Professor, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University.
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"Trump clearly forced Carney to concede on the Gordie Howe International Bridge, but the most important takeaway is that the bridge is finally opening on July 27. That's welcome news for North American agri-food trade: roughly 25% of all Canada–U.S. agri-food trade moves through the Detroit–Windsor corridor. Faster, more reliable border crossings should benefit producers, processors, retailers, and consumers on both sides of the border."
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We expect to see more class action lawsuits in the food industry related to alleged collusion and price-fixing. This is likely just the beginning, as elevated food inflation over the past several years has drawn unprecedented public, legal, and regulatory scrutiny to food pricing practices.
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"Seeing our podcast and our interview with Ambassador Hoekstra being mentioned by media outlets around the world has been incredibly rewarding. But I'm just a lowly academic from Halifax. It's not normal for someone like me to obtain critical information that mainstream media should have uncovered in the first place."
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"The debate over who ultimately pays for the Gordie Howe International Bridge misses the point. The real question is: which country assumed the financial and construction risk? That was Canada. Regardless of how revenues are eventually allocated, Canada took on the risk to get the project built. At the very least, the U.S. Ambassador should acknowledge that."
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"It was not a good week for Canadian foreign policy. CUSMA is now under review, creating significant uncertainty, while China has imposed steep tariffs on Canadian pea starch. Our relationships with the world's two largest economies are clearly not improving."
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"Tim Hortons seems nervous. Why issue two press releases in one week just to announce new restaurant openings, while avoiding the real issues consumers keep talking about: quality and menu design? Dunkin’ Donuts’ comeback is clearly getting their attention."
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"PM Carney never actually promised a CUSMA deal by July 1. What he did promise, months ago, was to reduce tariff uncertainty. Instead, as July 1 arrives, trade uncertainty is set to increase—not decrease. And Canada is far less equipped than the U.S. to absorb prolonged trade uncertainty. That should concern everyone."
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"We shouldn't be surprised that Canada has had the highest food inflation rate among G7 countries for months. Until we recognize that we're suffocating farmers and food companies with trade barriers, excessive regulation, and higher taxes, nothing will change. Food affordability starts with competitiveness."
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"A company doesn't issue three press releases in a single week unless it's feeling pressure. That's why Tim Hortons appears concerned about Dunkin's return to Canada. And when people claim Tim Hortons is more Canadian than Dunkin, I beg to differ. Tim Hortons is owned by a company headquartered in Miami, while Dunkin is owned by a U.S. company but operated by a Canadian company. The "Canadian" argument isn't as clear-cut as many suggest."
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"The big pricing story at the grocery store right now is chicken, not beef. Chicken prices have increased faster than beef in many parts of the country, yet the media is largely avoiding the topic — and we all know why. Chicken is supply-managed, and few are willing to criticize supply management ahead of the CUSMA review."
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"To bring down the cost of food quickly, Ottawa could eliminate the GST on all food items, scrap the industrial carbon tax, and work with the provinces to remove interprovincial trade barriers to boost competition. Those measures alone would make a meaningful difference."
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"Canada is in a very weak position within CUSMA, whether we want to admit it or not. Mexico is likely to secure a deal with the U.S. first, again, leaving Canada to return to the table, make concessions it initially resisted—including granting greater access to its dairy market."
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"So Quebec is eliminating its sales tax on food, and some people are actually angry about it. How many countries can you think of where taxpayers get upset when a government eliminates a tax — any tax? Canada is in a strange place right now when it comes to the role of government."
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Testifying in Ottawa this week about the carbon tax in agri-food... "If Ottawa had a genuine food strategy—one that assessed all public policies through the lens of food affordability—the food supply chain would never have been exposed to the carbon pricing pressures it faces today, pressures that are eroding its competitiveness. The federal government never conducted a comprehensive assessment of how carbon pricing would affect food affordability before implementing these policies. Remarkably, that gap still exists today. You cannot claim to care about food security while ignoring how public policy affects the cost of getting food to Canadians."
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