John Ivison/National Post: Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair said the prime minister had “pulled off something quite amazing.”
But any reassurance would probably go up in a puff of smoke on contact with Statistics Canada’s latest report on monthly average prices on selected food items. Cucumbers, milk, butter, eggs, apples, bananas, carrots, pasta and coffee cost more than ever, often much more. Celery was $1.59 last October, now it’s $4.29 a unit. A 340-gram bag of coffee would have cost you $5.36 just five years ago; now it’s $9.51, according to StatCan…