The MHA for Torngat Mountains welcomes word of an independent review of the Nutrition North program.
The federal minister responsible announced the review last week at the 5th annual Arctic and Northern Policy Framework meeting in Iqaluit. Soaring prices have affected all Canadians but none more so than those living in the north.
MHA Lela Evans says costs continue to soar, citing $100 for a package of toilet paper and $27 for a bottle of ketchup.
She says the issue has been compounded by what she describes as ‘bad actors.’
She charges that the Nutrition North program was not “operating the way it was intended. The large companies were siphoning off a lot of the subsidy that was directed to the people. So they would take the subsidy from government, but it wasn’t passed on at the price level. And we were quite lucky that in northern Labrador, we have some smaller store operators that are honest and that applies to this subsidy.”