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Freeland announces plan to cap grocery profits, expand competition

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Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland pitches plan to lower food prices.

She promises to cap profit margins for grocers on essential items, including eggs, milk, vegetables and baby formula.

Rising food prices have been a major cause of anxiety and hardship for Canadians over the last four years .

Statistics Canada has reported a significant increase in the number of Canadians living in what it calls “food insecure” households.

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