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Canadians are financing groceries, here's why

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From global conflicts impacting gas prices to some people turning to "buy now, pay later" programs just to put food on the table, many Canadians continue to feel the pinch at the grocery store. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab and visiting scholar in food distribution and policy at McGill University, joins Tamara to help make sense of the latest trends shaping Canadians' grocery bills.
16 Jul 10AM English Canada News Commentary

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