🇨🇦 Inflation is down, unless you need to eat

Chicken thighs jumped 8.2 per cent in one month and 13.6 per cent year over year, but Ottawa would still like applause because headline inflation eased to 2.8 per cent on cheaper gas. Right. The regime’s favorite statistical magic trick is pretending families can fuel up on CPI talking points. As reported, a pack of boneless thighs is now over $22 at Loblaws in Toronto, $22.48 at Walmart in North Vancouver, and $20.92 per kilogram at Sobeys in Halifax.

The official excuse is that Canadians are trading down from beef, so demand for cheaper protein is squeezing supply. Translation: after years of Trudeau-era economic vandalism, people are being pushed from steak to thighs and then congratulated for resilience. This is what managed decline looks like in a rich country: falling purchasing power, cartel grocery pricing, and bureaucrats insisting the numbers are basically fine. Sovereignty is not just borders and flags. It is whether your own citizens can still afford dinner without being gaslit by economists and state media.

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