Canada’s ongoing grocery redemption arc.

The “Buy Canadian” moment has supplanted the grocery “Greedflation” narrative for now, but the $500 million bread price-fixing settlement is a reminder that Canada still has a lot to fix around food. 

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate Producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Vass Bednar

Additional music by Audio Network

Further reading: 

• Supermarket workers are wearing body cameras. Welcome to the new dystopia – The Globe and Mail 
• Buying Canadian is a matter of pride for shoppers. For major grocery chains, it’s an opportunity – CBC
• How you can get your dough in the $500M Loblaw bread-fixing settlement – CBC
• Why owning a dog or cat in Canada has become so expensive – The Globe and Mail
• RCMP says it’s probing potential war crimes related to Israel-Hamas conflict – The Toronto Star

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