Wed Jan 25, 2023 – 5:46 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — Inflation for food is so bad in Canada that a governmental agency in charge of social services has warned it might increase the nation’s poverty rate significantly.
A memo dated September 27, 2022, from Canada’s Department of Social Development, as noted by Blacklock’s Reporter, warned that with the average price of food having risen 11 percent, “poverty rates in Canada” could start spiking “in the coming years.”
“As food prices increase, poverty thresholds are likely to follow,” noted the memo.
Before the COVID crisis, the Department of Social Development said Canada’s national poverty rate was as low as 6.4 percent.
The department claimed that the decline in the poverty rate at that time was “attributed to temporary COVID-19 emergency income supports,” along with the national Canada Child Benefit.
According to Statistics Canada, the nation’s Consumer Price Index rose “6.3% year over year in December, following a 6.8% increase in November.”
When looking at food prices, however, inflation is much higher, reaching 11 percent in December.
Certain items such as bakery products rose 16.6 percent, with coffee and tea going up 13.2 percent. Fresh vegetables have
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