Canadians are more likely to blame grocery stores for rising food prices than any other reason, and nearly one-in-five Canadians say they or someone they know has used a food bank in the past year, according to a survey conducted by Nanos Research for CTV News.
This truly sounds pathetic. Although it clearly displays the real power hierarchy.
I suppose oil, though changing to renewables would more than definitely, believe it or not, raise prices as well.
Higher prices means higher tax revenue, more tax at the register and more tax when you work overtime to pay for your groceries.
There is NO incentive for any level of government to reduce grocery prices, or any prices.
Many food actually tend to be exempt from tax
https://accplus.ca/knowledge-base/personal-tax/tax-in-canada-things-that-are-not-taxed/