How long have property controls been in effect? Is this another Harper era allowance that hamstrung #Canada's Competition Bureau? Certainly Loblaws and Walmart lobbyists running #Poilievre's party have protected #BigGrocery. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/grocery-giants-control-9.7055067
#cdnpoli #foodsecurity #CorporateCorruption
How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood | CBC News
Canada’s biggest grocery giants — including Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro — are using property law to control how other grocery stores, dollar stores, pharmacies and gas stations can compete with them, an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found.
The money could have been better spent on funding for shop local programs to support local businesses rather than just a handout to Sobeys
#NovaScotia #shoplocal #Sobeys #BigGrocery https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-loyal-consumer-reward-local-sobeys-1.7360574
N.S. chose a national grocery giant for its $6M buy local program. Reaction has been mixed | CBC News
Following the Houston government’s decision to give Sobeys a $950,000 contract for its partnership with Nova Scotia Loyal, local producers and retailers weigh in on the fallout.
Support zero-profit grocery stores to fight market failure in the food supply chain
We cannot rely on the private market to solve this problem. The government has recently acknowledged as much in the housing sector—it now needs to do the same in the food sector.
Oil and gas industry lobbied Poilievre’s office dozens of times over a year, records show
Conservative leader claimed lobbyists are ‘utterly useless’ — even as he or his staff met with Canadian Fuels Association, Enbridge, TC Energy and others
Big Grocery vs. Big Beverage: Inside Ontario's battle over soft drink deposits | CBC News
Ontario has the worst recycling rates in Canada for non-alcoholic beverage containers. Billions of cans, plastic bottles and cartons go to landfills or incinerators yearly. The Ford government was seriously considering adopting a new system to improve things, but abruptly U-turned and scrapped it.
We've caught international attention for our grocery prices in Canada and Loblaw didn't stack up well against U.S. Wal-Mart & UK Tesco. The govt responded by defeating a motion for a windfall profits on
#BigGrocery.
#groceryprices #Canada #costofliving https://nowtoronto.com/news/loblaw-boycott-catches-international-media-attention-and-comparisons-show-canadians-spend-more-on-groceries/
Loblaw boycott catches international media attention, price comparisons show Canadians spend more on groceries
News of the ongoing Loblaw boycott is making international headlines and raising questions over whether non-domestic competitors could open stores in Canada.
@MayInToronto WOW, the #BigFood / #BigGrocery lobbyists and insiders have captured the House of Commons.
#FoodSecurity #CorporateCapture #cdnpoli
I just emailed my MP calling on them to rein in Big Grocers like Loblaws - will you join me?
#Loblaws #BigGrocery https://act.leadnow.ca/Grocery-Greed/
MPs: Rein in Grocery Greed
I just emailed my MP calling on them to rein in Big Grocers like Loblaws - will you join me? https://act.leadnow.ca/Grocery-Greed/
Grocery giants paid for friendly Liberal, Tory policy with decades of donations ⋆ The Breach
Families and CEOs behind Loblaw, Empire, Metro have donated $150,000 to two main parties
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Larry Neufeld