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Meat is getting really expensive, confirms Statistics Canada

By Caroline Youdan
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(Image: Ernesto Andrade/Twitter)
(Image: Ernesto Andrade/Twitter)

Here’s another reason for vegetarians to feel kind of smug: according to a new Statscan report, this summer’s feasts of charred flesh are going to cost more than usual, thanks to cow shortages and a deadly virus attacking baby pigs. The report shows big price spikes across the board for unprocessed cuts of beef and pork, with sirloin steaks hovering around the $20-per-kilo mark—a 12 per-cent increase over last year’s prices. “The price of any animal has skyrocketed,” Halifax butcher Chris de Waal told the Globe and Mail. The price of any non-feathered animal, that is—based on these stats, thrifty BBQ-ers can get a deal on chicken (or weiners, which, suspiciously, are still pretty cheap.)

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