Don't know if this is the right place to post this, but it needs to be seen and shared!

[laundry_queen]

2. Private companies figuratively rape people in the north

when it comes to prices. When I moved 'up north' (which wasn't even in the territories, it was just a remote northern area of a province near the NWT border) I was shocked at the prices. A friend of mine who managed a grocery store in a close-by town told us it was nearly all mark up and price gouging - because they didn't even charge that much more to ship there than to ship to, say, Edmonton. The shipping cost would have made a 2%-5% price difference. We were paying double to triple for certain things. I remember paying $17 for a small bunch of grapes. And that was 14 years ago. And, again, that wasn't even in the territories. I can only imagine. We *did* get a tax rebate from the government for living so far north, and also, where I lived, there were plenty of very well paying jobs to offset the costs. However, those jobs don't really exist in Nunavut.

This is nothing more than the grocery companies price gouging. Usually there is only 1 store in town, and it's part of a small chain that has small stores all over the north and they all price gouge and use the excuse that they HAVE to because shipping charges (which we all know is false). There should be a government control that mark up can only be a certain percentage above what prices in the big cities are. It would probably be more cost effective for people to order their own groceries through the mail (I've done that for staples, it's way cheaper). Or start a co-op. Screw the companies that are price gouging.