ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsidy.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsidy.
"Our food prices have increased since Jordan's Principle food for kids," said one message from October."It’s quite dismaying. Who profits on hunger?" The majority of the feedback was from people writing about prices in Nunavut and in Nain, which is the northernmost community in Labrador, in the Inuit region of Nunatsiavut. The main stores mentioned are those run by Arctic Co-operatives Ltd., which primarily serves Nunavut, and the North West Company, which operates 118 Northern stores in remote communities across Northern Canada."Put the subsidy up.
As first reported by the Nunatsiaq News last week, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the land-claims body representing Nunavut Inuit, confirmed it is planning to investigate whether retailers hiked food prices after communities began receiving Jordan's Principle funding earlier this year. Darryl Martin, a spokesperson for the North West Company said the company is working with communities in the North to deliver, via gift cards, the funding provided by Ottawa through Jordan's Principle – also known as the Inuit Child First Initiative. He said the company shares the goal"of bringing more affordable food prices" to people in the North.
The federal government announced last month it would launch an external, independent review of the Nutrition North subsidy program, with a final report expected in 2026. Lori Idlout, the New Democrat MP for Nunavut, said something needs to be done in the meantime to bring down"unbearable" food prices.
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