Canada’s inflation rate jumped to 3.7 percent in July, as the cost of shelter and durable goods went up at a fast enough pace to push the cost of living up to its highest level since 2011. Some are saying the cost of living may influence how the current election will be decided. Provincial rates of inflation range from a staggering 6.1 percent in PEI to merely 2.3 percent in Saskatchewan. Ontario’s rate is 3.5 percent but you can bet it is higher than that in fat Toronto.
Supermarket prices starting to sting
No chicken even though there’s lots of chicken
Many Britons are without chicken as shops like Nandos and Kentucky Fried Chicken close up. Why? It’s because of Brexit. Cheap labour from Eastern Europe has gone home and the chicken joints can’t find staff. Amazing.
