Is the carbon tax an easy scapegoat for high food prices?

This period of high inflation is certainly a fresh political test for any climate policy that creates a new financial cost for industry or consumers. But in the debate about food prices, the carbon tax is being saddled with an outsized and undeserved role.

Is the carbon tax an easy scapegoat for high food prices?
A grocery store aisle.

This period of high inflation is certainly a fresh political test for any climate policy that creates a new financial cost for industry or consumers. But in the debate about food prices, the carbon tax is being saddled with an outsized and undeserved role.