Inflation: Canadian parents are feeling the squeeze
BNN Bloomberg
With inflation at a nearly 40-year high, Canadians are feeling the financial strain. In a six-part series this summer, The Canadian Press is speaking to people at different stages of life to see where they're being hit the hardest. This story details the experiences of parents with young children.
"Everything out here, it's $300 and up," she says of hotel rooms in Montreal, where she has family and previously studied dance.
"To fill my tank ... to come here it was like $89. I have a small four-door Kia."
St Jules, a 29-year-old event co-ordinator who now lives in New York City with her three children, ages two, seven and 10, says she "brought them out here so they can see my old stomping grounds -- but I don't know how much I'll be stomping around here with these prices."
