The R-word looms over the Canadian economy in 2026.
That’s resilience, not recession. Businesses have slogged through trade war uncertainty for more than a year, and the Iran war has generated big increases in fuel costs. Yet the latest numbers tell us the economy delivered modest growth for four straight months, overall inflation remains subdued and the jobless rate has been steady.
Rob Carrick, a columnist for the Globe and Mail, supports the idea of opening government-owned grocery stores on the premise that “we’ve tried everything else and it didn’t work.”
Well, have we?
Interprovincial trade barriers are still there. Supply management is still there.…
— The Food Professor (@FoodProfessor) May 5, 2026
