Conservative messaging is really hammering the food inflation as of lately, so let’s talk about it. So let’s start with some facts. StatsCan has December 2025 food purchased from stores, in other words your typical grocery bill at 5% inflation, compared the same month of the previous year. For the other G7 countries the inflation…
Canada-China is something that we’ve already talked about previously, see https://poliment.ca/2026/01/17/canada-china-trade-deal-2026/ if you’ve missed it. Here, we are going to talk about FTA, FIPAs and why Canada does not have a free trade agreement with China. First what is an FTA? FTA stands for a Free Trade Agreement. It has a legal definition under the…
If you need another reason to avoid the USA, here is one. The republican government has been ramping up the budget of ICE and treating the Homeland agency has a federal military group targeting anyone profiled to be an illegal immigrant — and as a result often using excessive force against US citizens. People in…
I’m sure everyone has heard the news, so let’s dig into it. Canada has entered a new trade agreement with China. Let’s start with some facts. China is the world’s second largest economy and is Canada’s second largest single-country trading partner with trade of goods and services totalling $130.9B in 2024. The trade agreement is…