@grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 11 months agoAs cost of living soars, millions of Canadians are turning to food bankswww.cbc.camessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11
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minus-square@m0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•11 months ago Who pays for it? Everybody, through better taxation. The issues come from the food supply chain charging more and more to increase profits I was imagining the government paying close to the stores cost.
minus-square@stealth_cookies@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•11 months agoSo mandate the grocery stores to not take a profit on the items the government subsidizes or have a crown corporation grocery store?
minus-square@m0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•11 months agoThe first option, stores can only charge the program a small percentage more than what they paid for the item.
Everybody, through better taxation.
I was imagining the government paying close to the stores cost.
So mandate the grocery stores to not take a profit on the items the government subsidizes or have a crown corporation grocery store?
The first option, stores can only charge the program a small percentage more than what they paid for the item.