Sylvain Charlebois
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 9/7/2025
Pumpkinomics
In a sluggish economy, the pumpkin spice latte thrives—small luxuries become bigger rituals, and this year’s PSL season is poised to be stronger than ever - 9/3/2025
Sorry Conservatives: On food security, the Liberals have the better Temporary Foreign Worker plan
Poilievre’s plan risks jolting food prices upward, while the Liberal approach—though imperfect—offers the more pragmatic path to stability and affordability - 9/1/2025
Meal kits: convenient, but costly
Convenient and inspiring as they are, meal kits will remain a niche in Canada’s food economy unless they become more affordable - 8/31/2025
Booze Economics: Why Liquor Boards Shouldn’t Play Tariff Games
When governments play politics with booze, taxpayers foot the bill and Canada risks turning even its strongest brands, like Crown Royal, into collateral damage - 8/25/2025
The $800 line that could cost Canada's food industry a billion
Estimates suggest up to a billion dollars' worth of Canadian food exports could be caught in the crossfire of America's de minimis rollback—a technical rule change with outsized consequences for small producers and specialty retailers - 8/24/2025
Elbows down: Carney scraps Canada's 'grocery tax'
Though the move is beneficial to grocers and customers alike, it exposes the "uncomfortable truth ... consumers bore the cost of a policy that never should have existed" - 8/19/2025
Ottawa’s tariffs target U.S., but Canadians foot the (grocery) bill
Food prices are on the rise. The cause lies much closer to home—in Canada's policy decisions - 8/18/2025
AI could end food recalls as we know them—or make them explode
Canada has never ranked higher in global food safety, yet we’ve never seen more recalls. It’s not that our food is less safe—it’s that we’re finally catching problems before they reach our plates - 8/16/2025
From plastic ice cream to synthetic butter: how far will we go?
Climate tech can deliver benefits, but can it deliver on affordability and respect for culinary traditions - 8/13/2025
Protecting electric vehicles, punishing canola
The timing of China's 75.8% tariff on Canadian canola seed is no accident. With harvest just weeks away, farmers have little capacity to pivot to alternative buyers
