You shouldn’t need five stores to learn what food costs.

Dear [Your MP's name],

I am your constituent in [your postal code], and I am writing about the price of groceries.

Grocery prices in Canada have risen 29% since August 2021 (Statistics Canada, September 2026). In 2023 the Competition Bureau found that the largest grocers' margins had risen modestly but meaningfully, that a one-point rise in grocery margins can add over $1 billion a year to Canadians' food bills, and that unit pricing is required by law only in Quebec. The Bureau recommended accessible, harmonized unit pricing across the country.

Bill C-226, An Act to establish a national framework to improve food price transparency, is now before the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. I am asking you to support it, and to push for it to include:

1. Mandatory, harmonized unit pricing in every province, so the same product can be compared per 100 g or per litre in any store.
2. Clear shelf disclosure when a product's package size shrinks and the price does not.
3. Grocers publishing their shelf prices in an open, machine-readable format, so families, researchers and independent tools can compare prices between stores.

Canadians should not need to visit five stores to learn what food costs. Please tell me where you stand on Bill C-226 and what you will do to make grocery prices transparent.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address or postal code]