When the grocery cart becomes a ballot box When geopolitics is broadcast into living rooms every night, it inevitably follows Canadians into the grocery store. The checkout lane has become the only ballot box many consumers feel they control Buy Canadian movement at grocers could ramp up again during trade talks With the Canada-United States-Mexico free trade agreement up for review this year, it sets the stage for an intensified rhetoric on tariffs Food prices expected to continue to climb again this year Researchers from universities across Canada share their insights on the 2026 Canada Food Price Report Bank of Canada expected to cut interest rates after last-minute inflation report Financial markets expecting the central bank to break a string of three consecutive holds