Sylvain Charlebois
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 10/14/2026
Canada: A food powerhouse with empty plates
Canada’s agricultural strength means little to a family whose grocery budget is gone before it reaches the store - 10/11/2026
Why a weak dollar is driving up your grocery bills
We don't need a new Trump tariff to make groceries expensive. A struggling economy and a falling dollar are doing the job just fine - 10/6/2026
Is Canada's U.S. food boycott all talk?
Despite the repeated calls to find new markets, the country's agri-food trade remains anchored to the same customer and supplier - 9/27/2026
Canada’s booze boycott is about to backfire
We took American booze off our shelves. Now Trump is closing the border to ours. Guess which country has more to lose? - 9/21/2026
Trump’s Belarus potash gambit: Canada should stop laughing
Trump does not need Belarus to replace Canadian potash. He only needs it to make Canada less indispensable over time - 9/20/2026
Ottawa cut the diesel tax but your grocery bill will still go up
Food does not move by magic. In Canada, it moves largely by diesel - 9/16/2026
Europe wants Canada. Will Canadian agriculture and Canadians really benefit?
Canada’s agri-food deficit with a market ten times our size is not a market-size problem. It has a regulatory compatibility problem - 9/14/2026
Ottawa wants $1 trillion in investment, but agri-food is starving for capital
Canada does not merely need new owners. It needs new plants, shovels in the ground, equipment installed and Canadian food processed in Canada - 9/9/2026
Canada picked a trade fight it cannot afford
Canadians will soon discover that standing up to Trump may be good politics, but it is suicidal economics - 9/7/2026
Counter-tariffs are here. Here's why you can expect more shrinkflation
Counter-tariffs will fuel more shrinkflation, but consumers will blame the food industry—not Canada’s trade policies - 9/2/2026
Ottawa cuts taxes at the pump, then adds them to the grocery bill
Canada can defend its economic interests without pretending that counter-tariffs are painless - 8/30/2026
How Canadian grocery habits are shifting: more trips, smaller baskets
New research from NielsenIQ reveals a consumer who is constantly searching for value
