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It seems that higher gas prices do push up food prices after all.

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Statistics Canada’s latest inflation report, the Consumer Price Index, shows that prices overall increased in May by 3.2% compared to a year earlier.

Food prices were up 4.3% year over year, with the price of tomatoes climbing 45% due to a shortage out of Mexico. StatsCan tracked the price for fresh vegetables increasing by 5.5%.

“This is the largest monthly May increase since 2008 and is attributed to reduced supply and higher fuel costs,” StatsCan said.

That’s an interesting comment considering the debate we had in this country for years. As fuel prices increased due to the consumer carbon tax, we were told time and again by the Liberal government in Ottawa, the Bank of Canada, and some government agencies that the increased price at the pump wasn’t impacting the price of food.

Now that we have prices........

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