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Body cameras and increased security in grocery stores reflect growing concerns about retail theft. A security guard looks on as shoppers browse items for sale at Eaton Centre on Boxing Day in Toronto on Dec. 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan

Policing the grocery store checkout won’t fix Canada’s food retail crisis

Alissa Overend, MacEwan University

Expanding surveillance in supermarkets may deter theft, but it does little to address the structural causes of food insecurity and rising grocery prices.

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