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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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« Reply #300 on: April 23, 2023, 04:55:30 pm »
Now go buy a house and some groceries.

I have a friend living in Toronto.  We were talking about the random subway attacks in Toronto.  They said they think many of these attacks are from frustrated and disillusioned people dealing with the economic cost of living issues and other issues like maybe COVID isolation.  They are going mental and lashing out.  Canary in the coal mine.

These could be mass shootings, but luckily we don't have the gun laws and gun culture like the US.
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« Reply #301 on: April 23, 2023, 11:15:38 pm »
Yeah.  When I go grocery shopping I get sticker-shock at every item I put in my basket.

Trying to go to the people with the argument that things are going great won't work out well for them.  And a chart showing that people in Italy or the UK have it even worse won't make people feel like the government is doing a great job either.

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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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« Reply #302 on: April 24, 2023, 12:13:03 pm »
Quote from: kimmy on April 23, 2023, 11:15:38 pm
Yeah.  When I go grocery shopping I get sticker-shock at every item I put in my basket.

Trying to go to the people with the argument that things are going great won't work out well for them.  And a chart showing that people in Italy or the UK have it even worse won't make people feel like the government is doing a great job either.

 -k

I wish grocery stores would stop gouging people too.  I’d like to see either a tax on profits of grocery stores beyond a certain point, or prices regulated.   Oh wait…. Are you guys saying it’s all Trudeau’s fault again…?   I do too, but for actual reasons, not made up silly sh!t you’re buying into. 

Yes, there has been inflation, but this is across all countries.  Tough to blame a single government for that, no?

Trudeau is talking about grocery rebates for people.  LOL   So, grocery stores will still gouge people, but some people will get a few dollars back.  This is a corporate subsidy.   Why not just pay the grocery stores to lower their prices?   Same thing! 

Trudeau isn’t helping, not because he causes inflation, but because he won’t stop consumer gouging. 
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Offline waldo

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« Reply #303 on: June 05, 2023, 12:43:46 pm »
Quote from: kimmy on April 23, 2023, 11:15:38 pm
Yeah.  When I go grocery shopping I get sticker-shock at every item I put in my basket.

Trying to go to the people with the argument that things are going great won't work out well for them.  And a chart showing that people in Italy or the UK have it even worse won't make people feel like the government is doing a great job either.

Food inflation: How Canada's grocery prices compares to other nations

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A report published in May by e-commerce platform Ubuy compared Canadian food inflation rates to the U.S., U.K., Australia and the European Union. Gathering data from three separate timeframes over the past 12 months, three years and five years, researchers were able to find food inflation ranges differently among several nations.
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 Globally, the report found on average food inflation increased by 18.2 per cent in the last 12 months, 30.8 per cent in the last three years and 36.3 per cent in the last five.

The U.K. and European Union saw the highest inflation spike with both seeing a jump of 19.6 per cent over the last 12 months.
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Despite Canadian food prices reaching new heights in 2022, in comparison to other nations, Canada ranked the second lowest nation in the world for food inflation rate, according to the report.

Over the last 12 months, Canada reported an increase of 8.9 per cent, nearly 10 per cent less than the global average.
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