Nationalize grocers.
Do telecom while you're at it.
Nationalize grocers.
Do telecom while you're at it.
I am in support of helping Canadian businesses, especially in the current political climate. What I am not so confident in is the willingness of food suppliers to pass savings along all the way to the customer. Grocery stores have used inflation and price fixing tactics here for far too long for them to have earned my trust. Grocery stores must be seriously audited and regulated accordingly. By all means, make a profit - no brainer. But your profits now are bolstered by hurting 99% of Canadians who need food to survive.
I will buy something grown in Canada over something from the US even if it’s double the price.
No. It will not help. Maybe in a competitive market it might, but Canada has been nursing an oligopoly for decades now, and oligopolies set their own prices based on what the public will tolerate.
Lowering prices requires either (a) breaking up the giants, or (b) offering a publicly-run alternative that somehow bypasses the vertically integrated supply chain.
So instead of going after the BIG grocers who are raking in all the profits, Carney has decided to offer minimal help to greenhouse growers?
Jfc. :(
Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines
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