@RealDooMDumas TVA sera sans pitié envers tous les candidats du PCQ, ils vont chercher des poux. Nous allons avoir une campagne triste sans aucune réponse; ce sera le référendum VS l’extrême droite malheureusement.
This week, a barely media-covered Bank of Canada report proved us right. Counter-tariffs on imported foods did push food inflation higher.
In 2025, several Canadian economists publicly downplayed the impact of Ottawa’s counter-tariffs on food inflation, often arguing that most trade is CUSMA-compliant/exempt or that the measures were “limited” in scope.
⬇️ Abbey Xu & Claire Fan (RBC Economics)
⬇️ Thomas Feltmate & Andrew Hencic (TD Economics)
⬇️ Mark Parsons (ATB Economics)
⬇️ Mike von Massow (University of Guelph)
The problem: CUSMA-compliant does not mean price-neutral. Even targeted counter-tariffs raise costs on inputs, ingredients, packaging, and processing — and those costs compound as they move through the supply chain. Canada was, in fact, tariffing several food products that are otherwise CUSMA-exempt.
Food inflation isn’t driven by labels or trade jargon.
It’s driven by who pays the tariff, when they pay it, and how quickly the cost is passed through.
We should stop pretending otherwise.
@frankdedomiseur WOW, Trump et le référendum dans la même publication, il ne manque que les mots avortement et arme à feux afin de bien résumer les campagnes Libérales des 25-30 dernières années. #peur#boomer
@Pat77432407 C’est là que tu comprends pourquoi il n’y aura jamais de superbowl dans un stade sans toit dans le nord du pays. Ça limite le show en maudit