CANADA'S INFLATION AT 6.9%, BUT FOOD PRICES CONTINUE RISING

Libby Znaimer is joined by Benjamin Tal, Chief Economist for CIBC as well as Pau Pujolas, Associate Professor of Economics at McMaster University and Julia Wendling, economist with Rosenberg Research.

According to Statistics Canada, the rate of inflation declined to 6.9 per cent during the month of September. It was 7 per cent in August. At the same time, our food prices went up 11.4 per cent compared to one year ago. Our economists weigh in on the latest and what this means for you.

JAGMEET SINGH ON NDP MOTION ADDRESSING "GREEDFLATION"

Libby Znaimer is joined by Jagmeet Singh, leader of the NDP.

Since Monday Loblaw Companies’ move to freeze prices on some lower end no name products has been front and centre. The announcement by the company’s billionaire chairman Galen Weston just reignited the debate about whether the large grocers are using inflation as  a cover for price gouging. The concept is called greedflation and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has been spearheading the discussion on this.

DR. THERESA TAM'S FORECAST OF A FALL RESURGENCE OF COVID-19

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Prabhat Jha, Epidemiologist and faculty member at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

We’ve been hearing some dire warnings about a potential fall resurgence of COVID-19. The latest is from Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam who says  the Public Health Agency of Canada is looking carefully at the evolution of Omicron subvariants and preparing for a "worst case scenario". There have been some reports that the latest subvariants  have the ability to evade the vaccines and may be even more contagious.

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