It remains to be seen how tariffs will impact Canada in the long run, but no matter what, we are already dealing with massive inflation at the grocery stores.
It was recently reported that grocery expenses for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau topped an average of $1,515 per week billed to taxpayers. At more than $200 a day for a family with three children, one has to wonder what they eat. Caviar for breakfast? Foie gras for lunch? Wagyu beef sliders every night? Let’s also remember that our PM eats out a lot while working and travelling, so this amount per day doesn’t reflect what must be hundreds of thousands of dollars in meals.
In November 2024, our Whistler Community Services Society saw the food bank’s busiest month on record in its 35-year history, with 2,262 visits. That month also saw the highest-ever use in a single day: 273 people came through the food bank in four hours.
We need a transgression of ideology when it comes to government spending. At all levels.
