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It's been nearly 20 years since inflation has been this high in Canada

by xojoc on 10/22/21, 5:11 PM with 22 comments

  • by commandlinefan on 10/22/21, 8:17 PM

    Didn't we know this was going to happen as soon as we shut everything down last year to combat Covid? This shouldn't be a surprise to anybody... we collectively agreed that this was the price we were willing to pay to save lives.
  • by GaryTang on 10/22/21, 5:25 PM

    Did anyone else see the job posting for a dishwasher @ $50k/yr in Vancouver? No experience required either

    https://www.narcity.com/vancouver/vancouver-restaurant-dishw...

  • by cm2187 on 10/22/21, 5:39 PM

    In France, the gvt's response to rising inflation is helicopter money. It's like if they never opened an history book and never heard of the weimar republic inflation...
  • by LurkingPenguin on 10/23/21, 3:10 AM

    I told my Canadian friends that legalizing marijuana would eventually have consequences. Nobody listened.
  • by happynacho on 10/22/21, 8:07 PM

    "transitory"