This is nothing new and has been going on for decades. People that live in/near border towns often just zip past the border. The animal shelter in one of these towns told us they get all their animals treated in the US. Everyone I talked to in that town has said similar things about buying groceries in the US instead.
I imagine it is just becoming more common with the insane inflation, shrinkflation, etc.
"The dollar is awful. But … I am still saving.
This goes to show you that we are likely paying 40% more on food than we should be.
I don’t want locked-in prices, like that’s some good thing. We are being robbed blind with these inflated prices!
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which obviously are going to cost more.
I don’t understand why those would cost 40%+ more. We produce these products here, and they are subsidized, so what exactly accounts for such a disproportionate consumer cost?
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They are not subsidized, at least not in the traditional sense of the word.
This sounds like pretty traditional subsidies.
And these same products are not supply managed in other countries? If not, how come? If so, why are Canadian consumers paying a disproportionately high amount for them?
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It really sounds like we (Canada) needs to revisit how this is done. Sounds like a terrible system, and consumers are losing big time.
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bread, fruit and vegetables are about the same price as in Canada, but milk, cheese, butter and meat are much cheaper. […] Dustin says she saves about $300 a month
How much milk, cheese, butter and meat are you buying each month that your savings is $300?
