Sylvain Charlebois
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 6/8/2026
Canadians worry about food prices. They should worry more about taxes
Canadians spend far more of their annual income covering taxes than putting food on the table - 6/7/2026
The missing ingredient in Ottawa's AI strategy
Artificial intelligence is only as powerful as the data behind it. For our food economy, without better data, AI is just an expensive calculator - 6/2/2026
The Canada Royal Milk story Ottawa doesn't want to explain
Milk made in Canada, meant for China. The curious case of Canada's largest infant formula plant - 5/31/2026
Canada's economy is shrinking. Doesn’t matter how we call it
The greatest threat to Canada's food economy isn't a recession. It's the illusion that someone else is responsible for our economic decline - 5/26/2026
Think chicken prices are high now? Just wait until this summer
Under supply management, Canadians were promised stable prices and domestic supply. Instead, they’re getting soaring prices and record imports - 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
