Canadian Federal Politics Thread v5

[Doctorfever]

Originally Posted by opendoor

There is no specific target for food inflation, only overall inflation. But given that the average inflation rate for food over the last 25 years is 3.0%, having 4% right now isn't all that noteworthy. Particularly in light of the fact that overall inflation is relatively low.

What do you think are the reasons why food inflation is higher in Canada than it is in any other G7 nation over the past 10 years?

Are you ok with it being the highest, or is that not noteworthy?

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

LOL

https://globalnews.ca/news/11688507/...al-government/

A Conservative MP wants to identify federal public servants or members of the Canadian Armed Forces who sympathize with the left-wing#antifa#movement.
Edmonton MP Garnett Genuis has asked federal departments and agencies, as well as the military, if any of their employees are now, or have ever been, members of the decentralized protest movement that stands in opposition to fascist and far-right ideologies.

Garnett Genuis is the epitome of Alberta Conservatism. The land of industry and entrepreneurship, consistently being led by career politicians and political class teet suckers.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

Are you ok with it being the highest, or is that not noteworthy?

Yes I am ok with it being the highest

My income has vastly outpaced inflation

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by opendoor

Also, pretty stark results from a new Pew Research study that looked at how people in 25 countries view their fellow citizens. Pretty good indicator that the less we can adopt US-style political discourse and cultural attitudes, the better.



https://www.pewresearch.org/religion...gn=fedica-Main

All this shows is that Canada truly has an overly inflated opinion of itself. Put a Donald Trump in the election next time, and im sure mor than 7% of people vote for him

[Doctorfever]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Yes I am ok with it being the highest

My income has vastly outpaced inflation

That’s good for UCB. But it’s not good for Canadians in general. Especially those loving paycheque to paycheque. I’m sure you would agree that’s the demographic that is being hurt the most. Whether you choose to care about them or not is up to you.

[Fuzz]

Kinda hard to find an article not written by that food professor guy. But this one from TD from January doesn't paint the same picture of Canada being an outlier.

Canada’s food prices have moved similarly to those in the U.S., driven by global factors, but more recently Canadian food inflation has been higher. This may in part be due to counter-tariffs on U.S. imports and earlier weakness in the Loonie.

https://economics.td.com/ca-grocery-price-inflation

[GGG]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

The Liberals are cutting almost $200M of funding from the CBC. I can't believe PP would do this to our national broadcaster especially during such a critical time where information is so critical and valuable.

We have a conservative prime minister right now so modest cuts to the public broadcaster are expected.

It would be nice to have a choice between different political viewpoints at the federal level. But the NDP is failing to represent labor as they rebuild and the Cons are led by a moron.

I agree with you we shouldn’t be cutting the CBC.

[Blaster86]

TIL budget cuts is the same as completely de-funding.


This forum is very informative.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

TIL budget cuts is the same as completely de-funding.

This forum is very informative.

The learning point here is that some geologists tend to post misleading stuff without sources, presumably in an attempt to boost their cred with doctors.

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

The learning point here is that some geologists tend to post misleading stuff without sources, presumably in an attempt to boost their cred with doctors.

Where do the mutants named after 70s sitcom characters fit in?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by opendoor

This is actually a good example of why Poilievre is a failure.

The Liberals opted to not continue $190M in provisional top up funding for the CBC for 2026-27, bringing their operating budget back down to about where it was in 2024-25. That's a pretty reasonable move given overall government fiscal pressures and won't really impact the CBC's core operations.

Originally Posted by Fuzz

So they didn't renew top-up funding, and may announce more later. Given the discussion around funding to similar levels of other national public broadcasters, this is a far cry from Pierre's promises to completely cut it off. Your framing is disingenuous at best.

Originally Posted by GGG

We have a conservative prime minister right now so modest cuts to the public broadcaster are expected.

It would be nice to have a choice between different political viewpoints at the federal level. But the NDP is failing to represent labor as they rebuild and the Cons are led by a moron.

I agree with you we shouldn’t be cutting the CBC.

Do we all remember this from the last election campaing:

Liberal Leader Mark Carney said on Friday that his government would provide an initial $150-million annual funding increase to CBC and Radio-Canada as part of a new mandate for the public broadcaster.

"When we compare ourselves to the U.K., France or Germany, we see that our public broadcaster is underfunded," Carney said in French during a campaign stop in Montreal. "That has to change."

That initial funding top-up could rise, Carney said.

"We expect that in the coming years, we will continue to increase that funding until it can be compared to that provided by other public broadcasters."

Carney also said funding of the CBC and Radio-Canada would be made statutory, meaning any changes would have to be approved by Parliament, not just the government's cabinet.

"Canadians themselves and their entire Parliament must decide on the future of Radio-Canada/CBC — not ideologues," he said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mar...ding-1.7501902

[Doctorfever]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Kinda hard to find an article not written by that food professor guy. But this one from TD from January doesn't paint the same picture of Canada being an outlier.


https://economics.td.com/ca-grocery-price-inflation

That’s not exactly a glowing report for Canada.

When it comes to food inflation Canada is the outlier. Again, we have the highest food inflation numbers out of any other G7 nations over the past 10 years.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

What do you think are the reasons why food inflation is higher in Canada than it is in any other G7 nation over the past 10 years?

Are you ok with it being the highest, or is that not noteworthy?

If I take your stats as correct, why is it higher in Canada over the past 10 years?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

That’s not exactly a glowing report for Canada.

When it comes to food inflation Canada is the outlier. Again, we have the highest food inflation numbers out of any other G7 nations over the past 10 years.

Show your work, then. Links. Info. Anything other than you typing stuff repeatedly. Because what I provided shows we are pretty close to the US, a G7 country.

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Do we all remember this from the last election campaing:


https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mar...ding-1.7501902

So they bumped funding last year and are returning it to normal this year?


Again. This is not the same as completely de-funding the CBC.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

If I take your stats as correct, why is it higher in Canada over the past 10 years?

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Show your work, then. Links. Info. Anything other than you typing stuff repeatedly. Because what I provided shows we are pretty close to the US, a G7 country.

Yes.

Also, inflation aside, what are the relative food costs in each country? Just because Canada's may have risen faster, doesn't mean it is more expensive. That depends on where it was rising from.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

So they bumped funding last year and are returning it to normal this year?


Again. This is not the same as completely de-funding the CBC.

And I guess they have backed away from the idea of trying to bring the CBC in line with other public broadcasters. I believe the comparisons are something along the lines of CBC having a budget of $35 per capita while France and England are in the range of $75 to $90 per capita.

[indes]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

That’s not exactly a glowing report for Canada.

When it comes to food inflation Canada is the outlier. Again, we have the highest food inflation numbers out of any other G7 nations over the past 10 years.

I haven't seen that chart yet but the TD chart definitely makes sense to me.

Over the past year, Canada’s food inflation has run ahead of the U.S. (Chart 3). Other factors have been at work, namely the 25% retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports that were in place from March to August. This would have been compounded by a generally weaker Canadian dollar in 2025. The U.S. had supplied roughly half of our fresh fruits and vegetable imports, and more than half of our processed foods imports, so a 25% import tariff on these goods would certainly have led to price increases in store shelves (Chart 4). With tariffs lifted in September, it is taking some time for that relief to show up, but should be on the way in the coming months.

Unless you believe tariffs are paid for by the importing country, it makes sense that we've seen a spike in groceries by applying an import tariff.

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

What do you think are the reasons why food inflation is higher in Canada than it is in any other G7 nation over the past 10 years?

Are you ok with it being the highest, or is that not noteworthy?

Is it? Canada's food inflation over the last 10 years is 38.8% which is 3.3% annualized.

I don't really feel like checking each G7 country, but given that the UK saw its food prices increase by about 40% from 2020-2025 and they didn't have much deflation before that, I would assume they've been higher than Canada over the last decade. Germany is in the same boat, with ~40% inflation over the last 5 years and zero deflation periods before that. Those are the first 2 countries I checked and both are higher than Canada.

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

And I guess they have backed away from the idea of trying to bring the CBC in line with other public broadcasters. I believe the comparisons are something along the lines of CBC having a budget of $35 per capita while France and England are in the range of $75 to $90 per capita.

Or they're staying in line with BBC and France Télévisions which also saw massive cuts for this year.