Canada's Carney wins admiration globally but struggles to lower food costs at home

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/File Photo

OTTAWA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has earned global admiration for openly ‌declaring the end of a global order based on rules, but he has had far less success addressing a growing and more quotidian concern at home: the rising cost of food.

Among Group of Seven countries, Canada ‌recorded the highest rate of food inflation in December, according to government data.Food prices rose by 6.2% in December, double the rate in the U.S., and more than three times the rates in France and ‌Germany.