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Made-Up Story

Did the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC publish an online story that tied paying for groceries to white supremacy? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such a story was ever published by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Searches for the story did not come up with any relevant results.

The claim appeared in a post made by a user named geckogreen on the forum The Donald on Sept. 16, 2026 (archived here). The post included an image of the supposed article and a caption that read:

Canada is off the rails. Paying for grocery is white supremacy.

This is what the image included in the post looked like on The Donald:

(Image source: post by geckogreen on The Donald.)

The full headline and subtitle included in the supposed screenshot read:

Why paying for your groceries is closely tied to white supremacy

Paying for every item, not using self checkouts and paying in cash is hurting minorities & the 2SLGBTQI+ communities

There is no credible trace of the supposed story online. Searches conducted directly on the CBC website (archived here) and indirectly on the CBC website through Google's mechanism for site-searching (archived here) did not generate any relevant results. Searches on Google News (archived here) and Yahoo News (archived here) for the headline did not produce results at all.

According to the information included in the image, the article was supposedly published on Sept. 29, 2023, and related to Ottawa. Archived pages from the CBC website's news section for Ottawa between Sept. 28 and 30, 2023, did not display the story on the Ottawa section homepage.

CBC also confirmed that the story is fake. In an email sent to Lead Stories on September 18, 2026, Kerry Kelly, a CBC public affairs spokesperson, wrote:

There has been an alarming rise in fake ads and news stories appearing on websites and on social media platforms. CBC is committed to fighting disinformation, which deliberately misleads the public and puts at risk their trust in legitimate media outlets. This is an increasingly difficult task however, hindered by the rise in AI generated disinformation and the prevalence of fake ads on social media platforms.