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    A man in a white button down shirt sits in a warehouse looking at the camera.

    I work in a B.C. food bank. We’re serving triple the number of people we used to.

    For the first time, many of our clients are people with jobs who can’t keep up with the cost of living. How did we get here?

    I’m fighting food inflation with extreme couponing

    “In the past five years, I’ve saved tens of thousands of dollars on groceries”

    Canadian food insecurity by the numbers

    A look at some of the staggering statistics behind the national crisis

    Economy

    How to fix our roller-coaster economy

    Ballooning inflation, mounting debt, a labour shortage—and have you seen gas prices? Here, the country’s smartest economic minds explain how Canada got so financially wild, and how to make things better.

    (Illustration by Pete Ryan)

    Why we need to tax million-dollar-home owners

    To tackle the scourge of housing unaffordability, older, wealthier homeowners need to chip in

    Vegetables and fruit are on display at a grocery store in Kingston, Ontario, January 24, 2022. (Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press)

    Inflation rate surpasses a three decade high

    Politics Insider for April 21: Prices jump more than expected in March; Freeland and allies stage a G20 walkout; Poilievre’s brewing battle

    Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem holds a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa , March 3, 2022. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

    Canada’s inflation rate hits a three-decade high

    Politics Insider for Mar. 17: How the war in Ukraine could impact your grocery bill; Anita Anand preps an increase in military spending; an exclusive chat with Pierre Poilievre

    Stephen Poloz. (Photograph by Jessica Deeks)

    Stephen Poloz on economic dangers ahead, staying positive and lessons from Star Trek

    The former Bank of Canada governor talks with Marie-Danielle Smith about his new book, the politics of inflation, and how a near-death experience changed his outlook on life

    Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly lays flowers at the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in Russian-Ukrainian War in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 18, 2022. (Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Press Office via AP)

    Canada is poised to beef up its military presence in Ukraine

    Politics Insider for Jan. 20: Inflation hits a 30-year high; pressure intensifies on Trudeau over supply chain issues; and Ontario prepares to open up

    (Brett Gundlock/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

    Canada’s real estate market in 2022: What to expect in the new year

    Three trend predictions on the direction of the country’s housing market in the year to come, according to the experts

    Inflation is about to get way worse in 2022

    Canada is headed for an economic inflation that won’t rival the double digits of the 1970s, but the experts say you’ll definitely feel it

    October 19, 2021 in Toronto. (Evan Buhler/Canadian Press)

    Canadian inflation rate hits 4.4 per cent in September as gas prices rise

    Politics Insider for Oct. 21, 2021: Things are getting pricier; the CPC opposes vaccine rules; and a Trudeau mystery