Sylvain Charlebois
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 1/15/2026
Don’t bet the farm on a dying deal
What Carney’s trip to Beijing revealed: Ottawa knows CUSMA could collapse before year’s end - 1/12/2026
From McDonald’s price freeze to a price war—and a supply-chain squeeze
McDonald’s can outlast a price war; the real question is who absorbs the damage upstream - 1/11/2026
The U.S. redesigned its food guide while Canada keeps lecturing
This week, the United States didn’t lecture its citizens about food—it redesigned the system around how people actually eat. There’s a lesson here for Health Canada - 1/7/2026
Canada is poised to lose 4,000 restaurants in 2026. Does anyone care?
When menu prices rise and profits fall at the same time, you’re not seeing growth — you’re seeing a sector trying to breathe - 1/5/2026
Our milk changed on January 1. Did you know?
At a time when food is often framed as a problem to be fixed, fortified milk is a reminder that it can also be part of the solution. But should we be more transparent? - 1/1/2026
Fewer kids, more pets — and a food system that isn’t ready
Pets now occupy the social space children once did, but our food affordability debates haven’t caught up - 12/21/2025
Canada didn’t regulate grocers—it lost faith in them
The Grocers’ Code of Conduct will come into force on January 1, 2026. Within the agri-food industry, expectations are high. Among consumers, they are more restrained—and rightly so - 12/17/2025
When algorithms set the grocery bill, fairness gets lost
“Food prices should reflect costs and competition—not what an algorithm thinks you are willing to pay” - 12/14/2025
The checkout line at the grocery store is not the crime scene
You can’t regulate your way out of food inflation you designed into the system. That is the government’s inconvenient truth - 12/10/2025
Taxing food is like slapping a surcharge on hunger. It needs to end
Food is food. The moment Ottawa stops treating it like a taxable luxury, Canadians will feel real relief
