One woman who just recently touched down in Canada wants to know how Canadians are holding up with inflation.
“I’ve been in Canada for maybe two weeks now. From the second I landed I witnessed inflation beat this country’s a*s. The cost of living has people by the jugular,” TikTok user Horea said in a video that has garnered over 100,000 views in a day.
She continued by sharing what happened during a trip to the grocery store that left her stunned.
The culprit? She says it was the “shocking numbers” found hidden between the grocery aisles.
“I’m appalled. I do not know how people in this country are surviving [and] I’m concerned. This is sick, people don’t deserve this.”
Inflation in Canada had reached 3.4 per cent as of December 2023, according to Statistics Canada. This is following a 3.1 per cent increase in November.
The data agency also says that gasoline prices, air transportation and rent rates all continue to climb.
And prices for food purchased from stores rose 4.7 per cent year over year in December.
However, when compared with other countries like America and the United Kingdom, Canada isn’t doing as bad.
In December, the U.K’s consumer price index sat at four per cent, according to the Financial Times. Meanwhile, the U.S. saw an increase of 3.4 per cent, up from 3.1 per cent in November.
The comment section on Horea’s video lit up with fellow Canadians giving her the rundown of how things have been like at home.
“I live in Canada, and I haven’t [eaten] fruit in over 5 months. It’s so expensive. My mom literally had to start buying vitamins instead because it’s cheaper,” one user wrote.
“We’ve actually never been OK, inflation is just the topic of the year,” someone else shared.
“Girl, a one bedroom costs over $2,000, not to mention we don’t get paid enough,” another person chimed in.
Other comments included people saying they sold their home and plan on moving out of Canada all together, while others admitted they drive down to the U.S. border for groceries and gas because it’s less expensive, even with the money conversion.
Things are seemingly so bad that some local grocery stores have even started flexing on big grocery chains thanks to their lower prices.
And even international students are saying they wished they never came to Canada in the first place to further their education as a result of inflation rates.
And earlier this week, an Ontario social worker got emotional and shared she’s had enough when it comes to dishing out bad news to immigrants and having to look them in the eyes and tell them they might not get a better opportunity here in Canada, because “even Canadian citizens aren’t getting it.”
