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Sylvain Charlebois
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is senior director of the agri-food analytics lab and a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University.
Sylvain Charlebois: Don’t Expect Grocery Price Relief This Holiday Season
Grocery chains restrict what they pay suppliers during the holidays, but that doesn’t guarantee lower prices at the ...
Viewpoints
November 10, 2026
Sylvain Charlebois: Hackers Turned Up the Heat on Europe’s Grocers. Is Canada Ready?
Suspected cyberattacks left European grocers throwing out tonnes of food. Canada’s food industry should take the warning seriously.
Viewpoints
November 6, 2026
Sylvain Charlebois: Food Warning Labels Are Changing What We Buy
51 percent of us changed our snack choices after seeing labels flagging high sodium, sugar, or fat.
Viewpoints
October 12, 2026
Sylvain Charlebois: Canada Remains Hooked on US Food
The US share of our food imports has risen despite the boycott.
Canada
October 10, 2026
Canada Still Trades Like 13 Separate Countries
The premiers are raising a glass to progress on alcohol while the real barriers to interprovincial trade remain ...
Viewpoints
August 1, 2026
Government Red Tape Is Built Into Your Grocery Bill
Inflation and supply chains aren’t the whole story. Bureacratic red tape is quietly adding costs that end up ...
Viewpoints
July 3, 2026
Sylvain Charlebois: Food Tax Reform Keeps Colliding With Governments’ Need for Revenue
Commentary Quebec is poised to become the second province in Canada in recent weeks to roll back provincial ...
Viewpoints
May 30, 2026
We Shouldn’t Need a $20 Kitchen Scale to Keep Grocery Stores Honest
Food fraud isn’t just about high-profile heists; it’s happening at your local meat counter.
Viewpoints
April 24, 2026
Sylvain Charlebois: Canada Chooses to Dump Milk Rather Than Lower Prices
Milk dumping is a policy choice, not an accident.
Viewpoints
February 14, 2026
Sylvain Charlebois: Cloned Foods Are Coming to a Grocer Near You
Commentary Cloned-animal foods could soon enter Canada’s food supply with no labels identifying them as cloned and no ...
Viewpoints
November 6, 2025
Sylvain Charlebois: Summer Produce Should Mean Better Prices, Not Ripoffs
Summer is when local fruits and vegetables should be most affordable, but some retailers are charging excessive prices.
Viewpoints
June 20, 2025
Sylvain Charlebois: Beef Is Becoming a Luxury Item in Canada
Beef prices have surged due to shrinking cattle herds, high transportation costs, and potential market collusion
Viewpoints
June 6, 2025
Tea Prices Are Rising and Ottawa’s to Blame
Canada's 25 percent tea tariff is raising food prices and hurting developing countries. There's no good reason to ...
Viewpoints
May 30, 2025
Sylvain Charlebois: Can Consumer-Based Altruism Succeed at Grocery Stores?
Commentary Experimenting with consumer-based philanthropy at the grocery store level is an idea that fascinates both economists and ...
Viewpoints
August 16, 2024
Sylvain Charlebois: Banning Plastic Packaging May Compromise Food Safety
Commentary The Canadian government has introduced a prospective initiative to address plastic packaging pollution within the grocery retail ...
Viewpoints
August 12, 2023
Sylvain Charlebois: What Does the Latest Interest Rate Hike Mean for Your Wallet?
Commentary The Bank of Canada has once again increased its benchmark interest rate, this time by .25 basis ...
Viewpoints
July 14, 2023
Sylvain Charlebois: With Lower Commodity Prices, Why Aren’t Food Prices Dropping?
Commentary Many Canadians are wondering why food prices are not dropping at the same rate as agricultural commodity ...
Viewpoints
June 10, 2023
Sylvain Charlebois: Canada Revenue Agency Raking in More Taxes Thanks to Shrinkflation
Commentary As if shrinkflation wasn’t painful enough for all of us, it looks like the taxman is making ...
Viewpoints
March 24, 2023
Sylvain Charlebois: Canada Desperately Needs ‘Real’ Discount Grocery Stores
Commentary This may come as a surprise to some Canadians, but our country doesn’t really have a real ...
Viewpoints
February 13, 2023
Sylvain Charlebois: Let’s Talk Turkey About Avian Flu
Commentary Avian flu certainly deserves more media attention. The avian flu currently impacting our poultry sector has become ...
Viewpoints
December 3, 2022
Accusing Grocers of ‘Greedflation’ Is Pointless, but People Want a Scapegoat
Commentary As food prices rise, many are quick to blame grocers for profiteering and taking advantage of consumers. ...
Viewpoints
November 11, 2022
Sylvain Charlebois: Ottawa Will Investigate Food Prices. It’s About Time
Commentary With the hype caused by the scandal at Hockey Canada, few noticed last week that Ottawa decided ...
Viewpoints
October 16, 2022
Sylvain Charlebois: Canada Has a Food Affordability Problem
Commentary Did you know that there is a global food security index? The well-known magazine The Economist has ...
Viewpoints
September 30, 2022
Sylvain Charlebois: Farming Is Losing to Misguided Urban Politics
Commentary Most Canadians have never been on a farm, let alone lived on one, which makes more than ...
Viewpoints
August 5, 2022
Governments Opting to Control Supply Chains During Pandemic Must Tread Carefully
Commentary Arguably, Canadians have never heard more about supply chains than during this pandemic. Discussions about logistics and ...
News
April 16, 2020
CETA on Life Support Because of Brexit
HALIFAX, N.S.—The Brexit vote has left Europe in a mess—and dealt a serious blow to Canada's trade prospects. ...
Canada
July 6, 2016
Dark Days Ahead for Supply Management
Dark days are ahead for supply management in Canada. For the first time in 22 years, the Canadian ...
Canadian Content
January 29, 2015
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