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Canadians paid 9.7 per cent more for groceries in April compared to a year earlier, the highest rate of food inflation in Canada in 41 years. There are lots of reasons: inflation across the whole economy, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. But while consumers are struggling, giant food companies are cashing in. According to a report from Oxfam, the pandemic saw the creation of 62 new food billionaires around the world. Phoebe Stephens, a post-doctoral fellow in global development studies at the University of Toronto, tells us why she thinks the high levels of corporate concentration in Canada's food supply chain are a significant part of the problem.

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