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Originally Posted by blankall
Just google flyers from USA grocery stores. The difference in price is massive, and it's that difference that's going to make the difference between some families having to cut back a little vs. not being able to make it.
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I didn't want to get into it, and still don't, but the global market pricing on local goods is ridiculous. Egg farm is down the street, but if the egg farmer built a transportation network, distribution network, retail network to Perth, Australia, he could sell his eggs for 150% the price, so we have to pay the price of Perth, because of what he COULD do. Yes, I'm being simplistic, but no one here questions it, whereas in the States they do, and reap the rewards of low transportation costs at the local level.
I also realize this is the effect of large businesses buying out small producers, which is a huge problem in Canada and not in the States. There might not actually be anyone left up here big enough, and independent, to undercut the prices of companies that realistically do have the option of shipping to Perth.
That is a political problem going back decades. Anyway, I'm going to dodge this thread for a bit, because I hate talking to economics chuffs.