Grocery Prices, Food Insecurity, Tech Tuesday

High grocery prices and the possibility of bringing in foreign grocers to increase competition were part of the conversation on this week’s episode of “The West Block”. We had the chance to discuss the impact more competition in the grocery sector could have on prices with Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief and Host of “The West Block”, Mercedes Stephenson. Next, we continue our conversation surrounding the high cost of putting food on the table. According to data from Stats Canada, almost 9-million Canadians reported some level of food insecurity in 2022. So, what needs to be done to address this troubling issue? We get the thoughts of Professor Valerie Tarasuk, Lead investigator of the University of Toronto's “Household Food Insecurity Research Program. Finally, Apple is set to announce something “new” in their product line-up next week. And while it’s not a ‘brand new’ device, speculation is that it will be a big step for the company. We catch up with “The Gadget Guy” Mike Yawney for speculation on what Apple may have planned and details on a new APP that’s garnering the attention of old-school ‘gamers’.