Sylvain Charlebois
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 11/11/2025
Trump’s beef with the packers—and Ottawa’s silence at the grill
Trump is turning up the heat on beef packers. Canada, as usual, prefers to marinate - 11/9/2025
How geopolitics are pushing Canadians to buy Canadian, for real
After years of saying they’d buy Canadian, Canadians finally are — but let’s hope it’s a strategy, not a reflex - 11/6/2025
Think chicken is pricey now? Just wait for 2026
Beef prices went up — and supply management forgot that Canadians still needed dinner. Now, chicken prices are likely to climb in 2026 as well - 11/4/2025
Budget 2025 forgot about your grocery bill
Budget 2025 won’t make dinner cheaper tomorrow, but it might stop the kitchen from catching fire - 11/2/2025
The hidden rhythms behind Canada’s food inflation
"It’s not just the weather or the war in Ukraine driving food inflation—it’s how the system itself is built" - 10/28/2025
Cloned meat nears Canadian plates, but Health Canada is staying quiet
"When regulators hide technologies from consumers, they don’t protect science—they poison trust" - 10/25/2025
Doug Ford's tantrum is costing Canada
Premier Ford’s theatrics may win headlines at home, but even with the CUSMA safety net, his aggressive tone is signaling Washington that doing business with Canada is riskier than ever — and our agri-food exporters are already paying the price - 10/20/2025
Canada’s painful return to food inflation
Tariffs may win political points, but they always lose at the checkout. Every time Ottawa picks a trade fight, Canadians pay for it one grocery bill at a time - 10/19/2025
Trump’s beef with prices — and why Canada could get burned
Sorry, Canada — beef prices won’t drop until at least 2027. And it’s not just droughts, screwworms, or demand to blame, but Ottawa’s silence as a few powerful packers and political theatrics steer the global market more than supply and demand ever could - 10/16/2025
Canada's food manufacturing sector needs to be more agile
Canada can’t build a resilient food system on shrinking products, bloated bureaucracy, and foreign-owned factories
