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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
Opinion | BY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG | September 16, 2024
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has responded to the food supply chain crisis by inviting more multinational grocery chains into Canada, write Marissa Alexander and Wade Thorhaug. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Support zero-profit grocery stores to fight market failure in the food supply chain

Opinion | BY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG | September 16, 2024
  • 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

Support zero-profit grocery stores to fight market failure in the food supply chain

Opinion | BY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG | September 16, 2024
  • 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
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has responded to the food supply chain crisis by inviting more multinational grocery chains into Canada, write Marissa Alexander and Wade Thorhaug. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MPs unite against greedflation and monopoly power in Canada’s food systems—but there’s more to do

  • The House Agriculture Committee report unanimously recommends action on profiteering, concentration, and food insecurity, but risks undermining Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy.
Opinion | BY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG | July 1, 2024
Liberal MP Kody Blois chairs the House Agriculture Committee, whose recent report recognizes that oligopolies and monopolies are extracting unreasonable profits at the expense of farmers and consumers, write Marissa Alexander and Wade Thorhaug. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MPs unite against greedflation and monopoly power in Canada’s food systems—but there’s more to do

Opinion | BY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG | July 1, 2024
  • The House Agriculture Committee report unanimously recommends action on profiteering, concentration, and food insecurity, but risks undermining Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy.

MPs unite against greedflation and monopoly power in Canada’s food systems—but there’s more to do

Opinion | BY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG | July 1, 2024
  • The House Agriculture Committee report unanimously recommends action on profiteering, concentration, and food insecurity, but risks undermining Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy.
Liberal MP Kody Blois chairs the House Agriculture Committee, whose recent report recognizes that oligopolies and monopolies are extracting unreasonable profits at the expense of farmers and consumers, write Marissa Alexander and Wade Thorhaug. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Budget 2024 a missed opportunity to address food affordability

  • To ensure food affordability, investment is needed to guarantee adequate incomes, rein in corporate profits, and support (w)holistic approaches to food provisioning.
Opinion | BY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG | May 6, 2024
Although the budget included funding for the important National School Food Program, it did not centre measures to ensure food affordability, write Marissa Alexander and Wade Thorhaug. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Budget 2024 a missed opportunity to address food affordability

Opinion | BY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG | May 6, 2024
  • To ensure food affordability, investment is needed to guarantee adequate incomes, rein in corporate profits, and support (w)holistic approaches to food provisioning.

Budget 2024 a missed opportunity to address food affordability

Opinion | BY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG | May 6, 2024
  • To ensure food affordability, investment is needed to guarantee adequate incomes, rein in corporate profits, and support (w)holistic approaches to food provisioning.
Although the budget included funding for the important National School Food Program, it did not centre measures to ensure food affordability, write Marissa Alexander and Wade Thorhaug. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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