FIRST PERSON | I want to buy Canadian, but can't always afford to. Cost of living is my election priority | CBC News

CBC - 18/04
Crystal MacCormac wants to support Canadian businesses and producers, but she’s shopping on a budget. She wants a leader who will to address the rising cost of living for voters like her.

This First Person column is the experience of Crystal MacCormac, who  lives in Charlottetown with her husband. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.

It's grocery day again. I take my time, inspecting each item before putting it in my cart, mindful of the many people around me doing the exact same thing. We're all checking to see where the products we're buying were produced.

As a proud, "elbows up" Canadian, I want nothing more than to embrace the Buy Canadian movement in response to the current trade war with the United States, but I can't always afford to.

Inflation hit our house hard. Where once I would have considered myself middle class, I now consider us a low-income household. My husband's and my yearly salaries have not changed much in the past five years or so, but our expe...
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