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Bob Zimmer

Conservative on Food Affordability 2026-10-05

162 words · 8 sentences · 8 clauses

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Claims 86%The question 14%

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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 139 wordsthe Prime Minister promised just last year, “Canadians will hold us to account by their experience at the grocery store”.¹ Now, food is even more expensive since the Prime Minister took office because of diesel prices.² Conservative shadow ministers and I were in the Canadian Arctic this summer.³ In Inuvik, it costs six dollars for a can of beans, seven dollars for a can of vegetable soup, $12 for a pound of butter, $13 for a pound of ground beef and $18 for a jug of milk.⁴ In Tuktoyaktuk, it costs $7.49 per kilogram for bananas, $8.69 for a loaf of bread, $12 for a litre of ketchup, $20 for a jug of chocolate milk and $97 for 24 bottles of water.⁵ Food is not affordable in the north. Prime Minister, your promise was to all Canadians, including northerners. The question · 23 wordsWill the Prime Minister support our Conservative plan to eliminate all taxes on diesel so that food is more affordable for northern Canadians?

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Signal · 100

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Claims · 5

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1“Canadians will hold us to account by their experience at the grocery store”The Prime Minister said last year that ‘Canadians will hold us to account by their experience at the grocery store’.search
2“food is even more expensive since the Prime Minister took office”Food prices in Canada have risen since the current Prime Minister took office.search
3“Conservative shadow ministers and I were in the Canadian Arctic this summer”Bob Zimmer and Conservative shadow ministers travelled to the Canadian Arctic in summer 2026.search
4“it costs six dollars for a can of beans, seven dollars for a can of vegetable soup, $12 for a pound of butter, $13 for a pound of ground beef and $18 for a jug of milk”In Inuvik, a can of beans costs six dollars, a can of vegetable soup seven dollars, a pound of butter $12, a pound of ground beef $13 and a jug of milk $18.search
5“it costs $7.49 per kilogram for bananas, $8.69 for a loaf of bread, $12 for a litre of ketchup, $20 for a jug of chocolate milk and $97 for 24 bottles of water”In Tuktoyaktuk, bananas cost $7.49 per kilogram, a loaf of bread $8.69, a litre of ketchup $12, a jug of chocolate milk $20 and 24 bottles of water $97.search

Analysed on 2026-10-19