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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
LILLEY: Liberals lied on the carbon tax, according to Statistics Canada data
When the House of Commons was last sitting in December — some five months ago — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre raised the issue of the carbon tax and inflation. Then Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau called Poilievre's statements 'absolute nonsense' and dismissed the idea that the carbon tax and inflation were connected. It's what they had been doing since introducing the consumer carbon tax in 2018. They really wanted you to believe that increasing the cost of everything with a tax on carbon wouldn't raise prices and that you would be better off. 'The price decrease in April was mainly driven by the removal of the consumer carbon price,' Statistics Canada announced Tuesday morning, while reporting inflation fell from 2.3% in March to 1.7% in April. The agency noted that the fall in crude oil prices also played a role but put most of the inflation drop on the carbon tax rate being reduced to zero. Despite claims otherwise, the carbon tax remains in place, they just don't charge it on the consumer side, though the Carney government says they will introduce legislation to remove it. 'Eight out of 10 Canadians are better off with the Canada carbon rebate than the price on pollution costs them,' Trudeau was fond of telling the House of Commons. Of course, he ignored several reports, including from the Parliamentary Budget Officer, that when the total cumulative effect of the carbon tax was taken into account, most families were paying more – far more – than they did without the tax, even when accounting for rebates. So, too, did the Liberals ignore the compounding impact of a carbon price being added to supply chains when it came to the final price. They wanted you to ignore that the greenhouse tomato grown in Manotick or Leamington would have a carbon tax added on for the natural gas released into the greenhouse even though that CO2 was absorbed by the plants to allow them to grow. The Liberals wanted you to ignore that the truck that would pick up the tomato and take them to the wholesaler would pay the carbon tax on the gas used to transport them, as would the truck taking them to the store. Retailers selling you that tomato would be paying the carbon tax on the lighting, the heating for their stores, and the refrigeration for their products. At every turn, every step of the economic process, that Canadian-grown tomato would face an incremental and compounded carbon tax, but the Liberals denied it. You know what didn't have a carbon tax applied to it, a tomato from California or Mexico. Sadly, despite using food as the example here, food inflation didn't drop in April and instead rose from a 3.2% increase in March to 3.8% last month. Canadian food inflation is higher than that of the United States, but the Liberals want you to ignore that, just like they wanted you to ignore the inflationary aspects of the carbon tax and simply believe that everything is great. Fresh vegetables are up 3.7% year-to-year; eggs, up 3.9%; fresh fruits, up 5%; and meat products, up 5.8% — though beef is up 16.5% compared to a year ago. Like with the carbon tax, we can expect the new Carney Liberal government will try to tell us that we've never had it so good. Sure, their policies are one of the major reasons that food inflation is nearly double the current American rate, but Canada is doing just great, elbows up and all. The Statistics Canada data proves one thing: the Liberal claim that their carbon tax wasn't making your life more expensive was never true, and neither were the rest of their carbon tax claims. LILLEY: Carney cleans up a Bubbly mess from his cabinet LILLEY: Why Carney needs to appoint a Conservative to Washington
Hamilton Spectator
13-05-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list for 2025 is here. Here's who took the top spot — and which Toronto restaurants made the cut
Get in the car — the best restaurant in Canada is an hour and a half drive from Toronto. Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station has taken the No. 1 spot on Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list, released Monday evening. The annual ranking of the country's best fine-dining restaurants comes at a time when Canadians are looking to support local businesses in lieu of vacationing in the U.S. this summer. Located at the Pearl Morissette winery on Jordan Road, the restaurant sits about 15 minutes west of downtown St. Catharines. 'We'd be lying if we said it wasn't a goal with the restaurant from the first day,' says Eric Robertson, who runs Restaurant Pearl Morissette with co-owner and fellow chef Daniel Hadida. 'We've been near the top (of the list) for a few years and it motivates us to refine our offering with the guest experience.' The restaurant opened in 2017 with the goal of highlighting Canadian-grown ingredients and their growers. While the locavore movement was already in full swing by then, the restaurant opted to open closer to the farmers (the property also has its own farm and orchard). 'We're in the Niagara region but at the time, we're looking out on the road and seeing how peaceful it was on a Friday night at 7:30,' recalls Hadida. 'And then we realized there's not a single car driving by and we had an empty dining room for the first year.' Restaurant Pearl Morissette executive chefs Daniel Hadida, left, and Eric Robertson. But word spread quickly among foodies, turning the spot into a destination dining experience where the seasonality of ingredients determined what was on the menu each week. The restaurant serves about 55 guests each night (the tasting menu is $205 per person), and there's a $265 per person chefs' table option — a curated experience featuring ingredients that didn't make it onto the regular menu. 'I'm very pleased to have such a Canadian experience at the top of the list in a year when we're all looking more inwards and looking for reasons to travel within the country,' says Jacob Richler, editor-in-chief of Canada's 100 Best, noting that Pearl Morissette has consistently hovered near the top in previous years. 'Pearl Morissette does an amazing job of putting a region on a plate, the travel is worth it.' A dish from Restaurant Pearl Morissette. For those unable to splurge on the $200 price tag, the restaurant opened RPM Bakehouse in 2022, a breakfast and lunch spot serving espresso-based drinks, breakfast sandwiches, viennoiserie, cakes, salads and tarts. The bakery also sourdough loaves as well as jams and spices sourced from the farm. 'Spring lamb is coming in, so parts of it will be used at the restaurant while the shoulder is being braised and used in a sandwich at the bakery,' said Robertson. 'We're using whole animals in the bakery, so instead of having a butcher shop, we're working directly with farmers.' Of the 100 restaurants in the list, 29 are located in Toronto and include other fine-dining favourites that have also appeared in the Michelin guide such as Alo (3rd), Edulis (4th), Restaurant 20 Victoria (5th), Quetzel (8th), Sushi Masaki Saito (16th) and Aburi Hana (29th). Montreal came in second with 24 entries, Vancouver has 14 restaurants, Calgary has five restaurants and Ottawa has four. The full list is on the Canada's 100 Best site . Restaurant Pearl Morissette , first place, 3953 Jordan Rd. (Jordan Station) Alo , third place, 163 Spadina Ave. Edulis , fourth place, 169 Niagara St. Restaurant 20 Victoria , fifth place, 20 Victoria St. Quetzal , eighth place, 419 College St. Hexagon , 14th place, 210 Lakeshore Blvd. E. (Oakville) Langdon Hall , 15th place, 1 Langdon Hall Dr. (Cambridge) Sushi Masaki Saito , 16th place, 88 Avenue Rd. Aburi Hana , 29th place, 102 Yorkville Ave. Dreyfus , 42nd place, 96 Harbord St. Sushi Yugen , 43rd place, 150 York St. Taverne Bernhardts , 45th place, 202 Dovercourt Rd. Canoe , 50th place, 66 Wellington St. W., 54th floor LSL , 51st place, 2066 Avenue Rd. Linny's , 52nd place, 176 Ossington Ave. Actinolite , 53rd place, 971 Ossington Ave. Bar Isabel , 54th place, 979 College St. Bar Prima , 57th place, 1136 Queen St. W. Casa Paco , 58th place, 50C Clinton St. DaNico , 59th place, 440 College St. Shoushin , 62nd place, 3328 Yonge St. DaiLo , 63rd place, 503 College St. Takja BBQ , 68th place, 962 College St. Lake Inez , 69th place, 1471 Gerrard St. E. Don Alfonso , 70th place, 1 Harbour Square, 38th floor Osteria Giulia , 72nd place, 134 Avenue Rd. Famiglia Baldassarre , 73rd place, 122 Geary Ave. Alma , 75th place, 1194 Bloor St. W. Prime Seafood Palace , 80th place, 944 Queen St. W. Mhel , 81st place, 276 Havelock St. Barberian's Steak House , 93rd place, 7 Elm St. Giulietta , 96th place, 972 College St.
Toronto Star
06-05-2025
- Business
- Toronto Star
Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list for 2025 is here. Here's who took the top spot — and which Toronto restaurants made the cut
Get in the car — the best restaurant in Canada is an hour and a half drive from Toronto. Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station has taken the No. 1 spot on Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list, released Monday evening. The annual ranking of the country's best fine-dining restaurants comes at a time when Canadians are looking to support local businesses in lieu of vacationing in the U.S. this summer. Located at the Pearl Morissette winery on Jordan Road, the restaurant sits about 15 minutes west of downtown St. Catharines. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW 'We'd be lying if we said it wasn't a goal with the restaurant from the first day,' says Eric Robertson, who runs Restaurant Pearl Morissette with co-owner and fellow chef Daniel Hadida. 'We've been near the top (of the list) for a few years and it motivates us to refine our offering with the guest experience.' The restaurant opened in 2017 with the goal of highlighting Canadian-grown ingredients and their growers. While the locavore movement was already in full swing by then, the restaurant opted to open closer to the farmers (the property also has its own farm and orchard). 'We're in the Niagara region but at the time, we're looking out on the road and seeing how peaceful it was on a Friday night at 7:30,' recalls Hadida. 'And then we realized there's not a single car driving by and we had an empty dining room for the first year.' Restaurant Pearl Morissette executive chefs Daniel Hadida, left, and Eric Robertson. SUECH AND BECK Seuch and Beck But word spread quickly among foodies, turning the spot into a destination dining experience where the seasonality of ingredients determined what was on the menu each week. The restaurant serves about 55 guests each night (the tasting menu is $205 per person), and there's a $265 per person chefs' table option — a curated experience featuring ingredients that didn't make it onto the regular menu. 'I'm very pleased to have such a Canadian experience at the top of the list in a year when we're all looking more inwards and looking for reasons to travel within the country,' says Jacob Richler, editor-in-chief of Canada's 100 Best, noting that Pearl Morissette has consistently hovered near the top in previous years. 'Pearl Morissette does an amazing job of putting a region on a plate, the travel is worth it.' A dish from Restaurant Pearl Morissette. SUECH AND BECK Seuch and Beck For those unable to splurge on the $200 price tag, the restaurant opened RPM Bakehouse in 2022, a breakfast and lunch spot serving espresso-based drinks, breakfast sandwiches, viennoiserie, cakes, salads and tarts. The bakery also sourdough loaves as well as jams and spices sourced from the farm. 'Spring lamb is coming in, so parts of it will be used at the restaurant while the shoulder is being braised and used in a sandwich at the bakery,' said Robertson. 'We're using whole animals in the bakery, so instead of having a butcher shop, we're working directly with farmers.' ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Of the 100 restaurants in the list, 29 are located in Toronto and include other fine-dining favourites that have also appeared in the Michelin guide such as Alo (3rd), Edulis (4th), Restaurant 20 Victoria (5th), Quetzel (8th), Sushi Masaki Saito (16th) and Aburi Hana (29th). Montreal came in second with 24 entries, Vancouver has 14 restaurants, Calgary has five restaurants and Ottawa has four. The full list is on the Canada's 100 Best site. Toronto-area restaurants that have made this year's Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list: Restaurant Pearl Morissette, first place, 3953 Jordan Rd. (Jordan Station) Alo, third place, 163 Spadina Ave. Edulis, fourth place, 169 Niagara St. Restaurant 20 Victoria, fifth place, 20 Victoria St. Quetzal, eighth place, 419 College St. Hexagon, 14th place, 210 Lakeshore Blvd. E. (Oakville) Langdon Hall, 15th place, 1 Langdon Hall Dr. (Cambridge) Sushi Masaki Saito, 16th place, 88 Avenue Rd. Aburi Hana, 29th place, 102 Yorkville Ave. Dreyfus, 42nd place, 96 Harbord St. Sushi Yugen, 43rd place, 150 York St. Taverne Bernhardts, 45th place, 202 Dovercourt Rd. Canoe, 50th place, 66 Wellington St. W., 54th floor LSL, 51st place, 2066 Avenue Rd. Linny's, 52nd place, 176 Ossington Ave. Actinolite, 53rd place, 971 Ossington Ave. Bar Isabel, 54th place, 979 College St. Bar Prima, 57th place, 1136 Queen St. W. Casa Paco, 58th place, 50C Clinton St. DaNico, 59th place, 440 College St. Shoushin, 62nd place, 3328 Yonge St. DaiLo, 63rd place, 503 College St. Takja BBQ, 68th place, 962 College St. Lake Inez, 69th place, 1471 Gerrard St. E. Don Alfonso, 70th place, 1 Harbour Square, 38th floor Osteria Giulia, 72nd place, 134 Avenue Rd. Famiglia Baldassarre, 73rd place, 122 Geary Ave. Alma, 75th place, 1194 Bloor St. W. Prime Seafood Palace, 80th place, 944 Queen St. W. Mhel, 81st place, 276 Havelock St. Barberian's Steak House, 93rd place, 7 Elm St. Giulietta, 96th place, 972 College St.
CBC
10-04-2025
- Business
- CBC
Canadian food processor urges feds to axe reciprocal steel tariff or store prices will rise
Be prepared to pay more for canned tomatoes and beans at your local supermarket. Canadian food processor Sun-Brite Foods cans products under the Primo and Unico brand names, and says prices are about to go up because of aluminum and steel tariffs. The southwestern Ontario company based in the community of Ruthven makes 33 different types of tomato products, ranging from pizza and pasta sauces, to tomato paste and juice. It also processes 13 types of beans. Almost all of it is sold in cans made of steel and tinplate — cans that come from a company in Philadelphia. "There are no can manufacturers in Canada," said Sun-Brite owner John Iacobelli. "There used to be, but they moved south to the States probably 10, 12 years ago … to consolidate their facilities in the U.S." U.S. President Donald Trump slapped a 25 per cent tax on steel and aluminum from Canada last month, in an attempt to build back America's steel industry. Iacobelli wants Canada to claw back its own 25 per cent reciprocal steel and aluminum tariffs to avoid passing on the cumulative taxes to the consumers. He says Canadians should be aware of an expected increase in the cost on Canadian-grown food. Canned food products may see an increase in cost of $0.25 to $0.40 per can as a result. "I've been fighting this tariff that we put on ourselves. There's no need for it." "We have a tariff on cans coming in [to Canada]. The one thing that the federal government did not do is put competitive products that are packed in the U.S. that come into Canada — like say tomato products, bean products — there's no tariff on that." WATCH | No changes to tariffs on Canadian goods amid chaotic day of U.S. policy announcements: No changes to tariffs on Canadian goods amid chaotic day of U.S. policy announcements 15 hours ago Duration 11:26 Sylvanus Afesorgbor says he isn't surprised the tariff-trickle down effect on cans is hitting the consumer at the grocery store. The professor at the University of Guelph's department of food, agricultural and resource economics says it's because of the nature of the two countries highly integrated supply chain. "Anytime there is a tariff on one sector, it also has ramification for other sectors as well," he said. Afesorgbor says because products such as cans come from sectors outside of agriculture, they are more susceptible to tariffs. "Directly or indirectly, that would also have an effect on [the] price of food. Taxes on any sector would have implications for other sectors as well." When consumers pay for the price of food, they're never just paying for the price of the actual food, he says. "They also paying for the price of their packaging. Anything that affects the packaging … that would also automatically get translated to the final consumer … the branding and certification, all of that could get transferred." Afesorgbor says Canada needs to continue to put "more pressure" on the Trump administration to stop "these unilateral policies they are imposing on the rest of the world."
CBC
19-03-2025
- Business
- CBC
Buying Canadian may become harder for Manitoba shoppers as locally grown produce runs out
Manitobans who've changed their buying habits to support Canadian businesses and farmers will have to decide whether they will purchase vegetables from the U.S. or Mexico as locally grown produce runs out ahead of the spring growing season. Canadian-grown turnips, cabbage, beets and carrots cannot be produced and stored year-round across Canada and typically aren't available on grocery store shelves in spring, which will impact people boycotting U.S. goods because of the Canada-U.S. trade war. U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed and dialled back high tariffs on Canadian goods in his first months in power. Peak of the Market, a grower-owned business based in Winnipeg, partners with 12 growers in Manitoba and more across Canada to ensure locally grown produce is well-stocked in grocery stores, but at this time of year, the business transitions to produce from other countries. While Peak of the Market has been expanding its partnerships with growers in Mexico for years, CEO Pamela Kolochuk said heightened tensions south of the Canadian border have led the company to source more vegetables, like carrots, from Mexico as consumers continue to boycott the U.S. WATCH| Manitoba shoppers buying Canadian-grown produce say it's harder to find: Canadian produce options becoming scarce at some grocery stores 18 hours ago Duration 1:55 Consumers may want to buy non-U.S. products, but produce like cauliflower and broccoli are mainly sourced from the U.S. and aren't as prevalent in Mexico in the qualities that Canadians may eat. "So it's going to be deciding what's more important to you," Kolochuk said. There is only one carrot grower in Manitoba, she said. Potatoes are the only fresh Canadian produce that can be available year-round Canada-wide, because they can be stored long enough to go from harvest to harvest. "Everything else needs to be sourced at some point in time during the year from another part of the world," Kolochuk said. Paolo De Luca, a co-owner of De Luca's in Winnipeg, said 90 per cent of the grocery store's products are from Manitoba, B.C., Quebec and countries in Europe. "The only time you'll ever find products outside of Canada and Europe in our store is just when it's readily unavailable completely in Canada," he said. De Luca's sold local products long before the U.S. tariff and sovereignty threats started, but the co-owners have been paying more attention to where they get their goods based on requests from consumers. "Everyone is looking for Canadian products. We're fortunate because we do have a wholesale division, but we've done a lot with local manufacturers [to] bring their products to the forefront," De Luca said. Kolochuk said Peak of the Market's U.S. partners are "feeling the pain" just as much as they are. "We're trying to empathize with them as much as they're doing the same for us, because we're both going through similar things here as we try to move products south and as they're trying to move product into Canada," she said. Some shoppers may not pay attention to where their groceries comr from, but the national movement to buy Canadian has encouraged people to take a closer look at labels and support farmers, she said. "Whatever country you're supporting, at the end of the day, you're supporting a farmer, and I think that's what needs to be first and foremost," Kolochuk said. She hopes people who like to eat vegetables like carrots won't stop because a Canadian-grown option is no longer available. "I would hope that they focus on buying vegetables … and not narrowing their view on what they should buy, because eating healthy is most important right now, regardless of what's happening in this world," Kolochuk said. But one Winnipeg shopper left a Walmart location on Tuesday after she couldn't find Old Dutch chips and has previously left other stores when she couldn't find a local product. "I am leaving with an empty cart," Brenda Brown-Neziol said. "The shelf was empty for the Canadian product I needed." Brown-Neziol, who feeds a family of five and runs a home daycare, also said she will not buy carrots from the U.S. or Mexico when Canadian-grown carrots run out. Another shopper at Superstore, Joe Masi, said he feels strongly about the buy Canadian movement and would rather spend his money on Canadian goods than those from the U.S., but sometimes he can't. "Certain things are needed that just aren't produced in Canada, so we have to buy them," he said.
