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Home > Roy Green Show > Roy Green Show Podcast, Oct, 22: Cost of Cdn groceries: Prof Sylvain Charlebois, grocer Griacarlo Trimarchi & NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. – David Eby BC premier to be. – Jess Larochelle, a Canadian hero, recovering.


	Podcast:		Roy Green Show
	Episode:		Roy Green Show Podcast, Oct, 22: Cost of Cdn groceries: Prof Sylvain Charlebois, grocer Griacarlo Trimarchi & NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. – David Eby BC premier to be. – Jess Larochelle, a Canadian hero, recovering.
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:53:07
	Publish Date:		2022-10-22 22:00:00
	Description:		Today’s podcast: Food inflation and food costs. Even when food inflation slows it doesn't mean food prices will begin to lower, only that they'll slow down as far as increasing costs are concerned. And while inflation slowed to 6.9% in September, food inflation rose to 11.4%, a 41-year high. Guest: Sylvain Charlebois. Professor, Dalhousie University. Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory Much being said about major grocery chains profits and Loblaws freezing no name foods costs for a few months. But what about the independent grocers across Canada? How do they establish pricing? What are their challenges? Guest: Giancarlo Trimarchi. Independent grocery stores owner in GTA (Vince's Markets). Also Chair of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers. Jagmeet Singh challenging major grocers chains nationally on too much profit at this time. Guest: Jagmeet Singh. Federal NDP leader Invoking of the Emergencies Act. Public Order Emergencies Commission hearings to date. Canadian Civil Liberties Association has not heard anything to justify invoking of the E.A. Guest: Cara Zwibel. Director: Fundamental Freedoms Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association. David Eby now leader of the British Columbia NDP and promises within first 100 days as premier to take action on oil and gas infrastructure developments in the province. Guest: Rob Shaw, political correspondent CHEK News, Victoria B.C. Co-author A Matter of Confidence. There are health developments for Jess Larochelle, the heroic Canadian soldier who single-handedly fought off the Taliban and protected his platoon while very severely wounded in 2006. Canada's government/military aparatus refuses to award Jess Larochelle the Canadian Victoria Cross, even though Generals Rick Hillier and Omer Lavoie (on the battlefield that day in 2006 and saw Jess Larochelle's actions) were on RGS arguing for the Victoria Cross. - Jess Larochelle last month had another serious surgery relating to the wounds he suffered in that '06 battle. He is out of hospital and slowly improving, but 16 years later still in great difficulty. Guest: Bruce Moncur. Jess Larochelle's former platoon mate who himself had part of his brain blown away by a U.S. jet fighter who mistook the Canadian soldiers for Taliban. Speaks for Jess Larochelle. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical Producer – David Hunter Podcast Producer – Tom McKay If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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