People are noticing the rising costs:

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People are noticing the rising costs.

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For the first time this weekend, 3 separate people spoke about the rising cost of living.

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Went to my grandparents to play cards and my grandma started talking.

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‘Anish, have you seen the cost of groceries recently?’

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‘A bag of potatoes that used to cost $3 now cost $7. A pack of tomatoes that used to cost $2 now costs $5.’

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‘I’m so grateful we have your grandfather’s pension but if you’re an average family with kids, how are they supposed to afford these rising costs?’

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Yup.

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Drove with my uncle and he told me about the latest time he filled up gas.

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(Side note: gas in my area is up to $2.00 a litre which I’ve never seen in my life).

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He said ‘Anish, to fill up my gas tank used to cost me $120 a few weeks ago now costs me $200. Thank god I can afford this but if you’re an average family, that cost increase is insane.’

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Yup.

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Went to visit another uncle at his clothing store and he was telling me about the costs on his recent trip to India.

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‘Anish, the cost of everything there is so much more expensive. What costs you in Canada is the same in India so it’s brutal for the poorest.’

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Yup.

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This is a global inflationary problem.

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In the short term, it’s only going to get worse.

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One of China’s biggest cities has been in lockdown for over a month.

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Global supply chains were already an issue but now anything coming out of Asia is heavily delayed.

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Fertilizer prices are skyrocketing.

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The cost of food is rising.

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This was the first instance I’ve noticed multiple elders in my life talk about the rising costs.

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People are noticing the rising costs, and it’s won’t be better short term.

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This is bad.

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Something’s gonna break.

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