Why consumers will not gain significant price relief from this $3-billion-plus initiative.
Credit is due to the Carney government for the most comprehensive plan in modern times to increase Canadian food production, reduce Canada’s reliance on imported food by growing more food at home, and to create a lower-cost food distribution system for independent grocers.
The government’s $3-billion-plus National Food Security Strategy, budgeted over 10 years, does not promise to lower food prices, however.
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