Sylvain Charlebois
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 5/24/2026
The grocery tax illusion
Food is not tobacco, alcohol or gambling. Taxing convenience at the grocery store punishes seniors, single households and working families far more than it improves public health - 5/21/2026
Is the era of skimpflation over?
For years, major brands cut costs by changing recipes instead of prices. The problem is that consumers eventually noticed they were paying premium prices for increasingly generic food - 5/18/2026
Food inflation eases, but affordability pressures linger
When essentials rise faster than wages, consumers continue falling behind - 5/14/2026
The hidden food inflation tax nobody talks about
Canadians see higher grocery prices, but few realize recycling policy is quietly becoming another permanent cost in our food system - 5/10/2026
Canada’s costly climate gamble on food needs to end
When climate assumptions change, policy should follow - 5/7/2026
Canadians aren’t giving up meat, but…
Up to 3.5 million adult Canadians have moved away from omnivorous diets since 2024. That is not a fad—it is a market transformation - 5/4/2026
We don’t lack ideas in Canada—we bury them in red tape
Canada isn’t losing food innovation because of a lack of ideas—it’s losing it because we’ve made approval more exhausting than entrepreneurship - 5/3/2026
The food industry has always worried about inflation. It should now worry about appetite
A closer look at Canada’s $3.4 billion food disruption - 4/27/2026
A new normal at the grocery store: More strategy, less freedom
According to Dalhousie’s Canadian Food Sentiment Index, the panic is fading—but with one in three households still struggling to afford food, the pain clearly isn’t - 4/21/2026
Mr. Carney, which CUSMA strategy is it this week?
While Washington shouts and Mexico executes, Canada hesitates—and in trade, hesitation is the most expensive policy of all
