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Supply management is supposed to make a scenario such as a spike in chicken prices impossible.

David Clement is the North American affairs manager with the Consumer Choice Center .

According to food policy experts and economists, chicken prices could rise in Canada by between 20 per cent and 25 per cent over the next few months . This should serve as a huge red flag for policy makers in Ottawa, given that food bank visits are soaring , which is driving an increase in food insecurity.

Since 2019, food bank usage in Ontario, for example, has doubled, with more than two million Canadians using one in March of this year. And to add insult to injury, one of the starkest findings in the latest report on food bank usage shows that more employed Canadians are using them. Approxi

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