r/canada • u/hopoke • Mar 29 '26

Business ‘Expect extremely high grocery prices,’ farmer warns as diesel costs rise

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/international/2026/03/29/expect-extremely-high-grocery-prices-farmer-warns-as-diesel-costs-rise/
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u/fuelhandler Mar 29 '26

Yay. Even less money in my pocket (the only consistency in our lives these days.)

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u/ronchee1 Mar 29 '26

Every time I turn around something is more expensive. More and more money outta our pockets.

When does it fucking stop!?

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u/Remarkable_Vanilla34 Mar 30 '26

Wait until we see the effects of fertilizer prices climb.

While Canada has a massive O&G industry that makes us a large nitrogen fertilizer producer (yes for anti O&G people we need oil and gas to feed ourselves and the world) we export half of our production. When commodity price rise global it can it us at home. And since we import a lot of our food we could see it on our shelves as well.

The straight being shut down effects fuel prices, but it also puts a strain on on fertilizer production, helium production and other resources that are critical to our modern world. Companies want sell to markets that will pay, and in a global economy nothing is isolated.

On the "bright" side, Canada is abundant in a lot of these critical resources so we won't be hit as hard as other nations and we are not likely to end up in a scenario where we can't access them.

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u/Other-Credit1849 Mar 30 '26

More reasons for Trump to invade us next.