Ag Policy Connection podcast: The economics driving land use change, featuring Pascal Theriault

Published: 29 January 2025

A new episode of the Ag Policy Connection podcast, a collaboration between RealAgriculture and the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, features McGill University economist and agronomist Pascal...

Consumers are increasingly using boycotts, but do they actually work?

Published: 22 April 2025

While there are plenty of examples to the contrary, the general academic consensus is that boycotts don’t work for a sustained period, as consumers eventually disengage and reprioritize brand...

Loblaw to identify U.S. products affected by tariffs in its grocery stores—Pascal Thériault comments

Published: 19 March 2025

Canadian grocery giant Loblaw is preparing to add labels to U.S. products affected by tariffs, allowing consumers to distinguish them from other products on shelves and understand why they cost...

Addressing Canada's agricultural labour shortage—column by Pascal Thériault

Published: 26 February 2025

In 2019, RBC released an alarming report revealing a labour shortage in Canada's agricultural sector that could reach 123,000 vacant positions, a slowdown in exports compared to our competitors, a...

Rising demand at food banks indicative of Canada's affordability crisis

Published: 30 April 2025

Food banks across Canada set a new record for demand in 2024, with more than two million monthly visits—nearly double the rate seen five years prior, reports CBC News....

Pascal Thériault on U.S. tariffs impact on Canada's dairy industry

Published: 19 March 2025

In a recent article, CBC News spoke to several experts who say U.S. tariffs on Canadian dairy products would have little effect on Canada's protectionist system....

Coffee, stuck between inflation and shrinkflation—comments from Pascal Thériault

Published: 5 March 2025

Coffee is suffering the consequences of global warming, condemning consumers of the popular drink to rising prices and shrinking formats, reports Radio-Canada. 

Quebec's Exceldor to be sold to Ontario company Sofina Foods—Pascal Thériault comments

Published: 22 May 2025

The Quebec cooperative Exceldor, known for its chicken breasts, wings, and nuggets, has taken steps to sell its assets to the Ontario company Aliments Sofina....

Sales of American products are falling—comments from Pascal Thériault

Published: 26 March 2025

Quebec supermarket chains say boycotts of American products are having a direct impact on US food sales, TVA reports. ...

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