“Families with less means will be significantly challenged in 2021, and many will be left behind,” says Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, project lead and Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. “Immunity to higher food prices requires more cooking, more discipline, and more research. It’s as simple as that.”
The most significant increases will be felt in meat (+4.5 to 6.5 per cent), bakery (+3.5 to 5.5 per cent), and vegetables (+4.5 to 6.5 per cent).
Dr. Simon Somogyi, project co-lead and Arrell Chair in the Business of Food at the University of Guelph, was most surprised by the increase in the price of vegetables and has some advice for consumers.
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is insisting that the COVID-19 vaccine now beind delivered in the province is safe despite the short amount of time it took to develop and approve.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Wednesday that it is “incredible” to think that, within a year of the virus being discovered, there is already a vaccine that has been proven to be 95 per cent effective.
The first doses of Pfizer’s vaccine were administered in Alberta on Tuesday to health workers in Calgary and Edmonton.
Dr. Hinshaw said she understands that there is always worry about the effectiveness and safety of new vaccines, especially when they are done in a shorter amount of time, but states that Canadians should not be afraid.