Nursing student Robin told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau she has three jobs and an unpaid placement and is still struggling to pay for groceries. .“I’m just wondering why are groceries so expensive,” said Robin in a video filmed in Algonquin College in Ottawa. .“I’m eating cookies from the hospital some times because I can’t afford lunch.” .Robin said she does not have a break. She added she is “eating on the go.” .“So I just wonder why it is so hard,” she said. .Trudeau responded by saying she should not find life this expensive. .“You should not be squeezed this way,” said Trudeau. .“This is not the way it should be.” .The prime minister went on to say it has been this way for a while at base level, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought it into focus. He added the pandemic caused supply chain problems, driving up prices for food, fuel, and fertilizer. .Inflation in Canada was at 6.8% on a year-over-year basis in November, down from a 6.9% gain in October, according to December data from Statistics Canada. .READ MORE: Inflation in Canada falls to 6.8% in November.Excluding food and energy, prices rose 5.4% on a yearly basis in November, following a 5.3% gain in October. Slower price growth for gas and furniture was offset by higher costs for mortgage interest and rent..Food prices went up by 11.4% in November, compared to this time last year. Food inflation remained broad-based, with grocery prices rising at a faster rate than every other item every month for the past year. .He concluded by saying there are “all sorts of reasons for it, but people don’t really care about the reasons.” He said people want to know how inflation is going to be fixed. .Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said in December Trudeau has harmed the supplies Canadians need to survive. .READ MORE: WATCH: Poilievre says Trudeau has destroyed Canada’s systems.“So Trudeau is mad that I said everything feels broken,” said Poilievre. .“He broke them.”
Nursing student Robin told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau she has three jobs and an unpaid placement and is still struggling to pay for groceries. .“I’m just wondering why are groceries so expensive,” said Robin in a video filmed in Algonquin College in Ottawa. .“I’m eating cookies from the hospital some times because I can’t afford lunch.” .Robin said she does not have a break. She added she is “eating on the go.” .“So I just wonder why it is so hard,” she said. .Trudeau responded by saying she should not find life this expensive. .“You should not be squeezed this way,” said Trudeau. .“This is not the way it should be.” .The prime minister went on to say it has been this way for a while at base level, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought it into focus. He added the pandemic caused supply chain problems, driving up prices for food, fuel, and fertilizer. .Inflation in Canada was at 6.8% on a year-over-year basis in November, down from a 6.9% gain in October, according to December data from Statistics Canada. .READ MORE: Inflation in Canada falls to 6.8% in November.Excluding food and energy, prices rose 5.4% on a yearly basis in November, following a 5.3% gain in October. Slower price growth for gas and furniture was offset by higher costs for mortgage interest and rent..Food prices went up by 11.4% in November, compared to this time last year. Food inflation remained broad-based, with grocery prices rising at a faster rate than every other item every month for the past year. .He concluded by saying there are “all sorts of reasons for it, but people don’t really care about the reasons.” He said people want to know how inflation is going to be fixed. .Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said in December Trudeau has harmed the supplies Canadians need to survive. .READ MORE: WATCH: Poilievre says Trudeau has destroyed Canada’s systems.“So Trudeau is mad that I said everything feels broken,” said Poilievre. .“He broke them.”
