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 Justin Trudeau is now attacking grocery stores because of the price of food on the shelf. 

Generally speaking, grocery store profit margins sit between one to three percent.  Canadian carbon taxes are driving up the cost of transportation and therefore the price of consumer goods.  While it might appear that the grocery stores are making record profits they're actually not when you consider the reduced buying power of their money.

https://twitter.com/ThevoiceAlexa/status/1702471748786979285?t=SAkUD8JxjCx_QI1eqm17EQ&s=19&fbclid=IwAR1Aalkof0ZX2_yGBBd0nony36QbTWczM3Z0d93fvvKVvAP3OiHnOQ01CXw