Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he's 'disappointed' in the lack of transparency Canadian grocery store giants have offered so far when it comes to tackling food inflation. He's sending a letter to Canada's Commissioner of Competition to express his dissatisfaction.

Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he’s ‘disappointed’ in the lack of transparency Canadian grocery store giants have offered so far when it comes to tackling food inflation. He’s sending a letter to Canada’s Commissioner of Competition to express his dissatisfaction.

  • SamuelRJankis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    5 months ago

    The only way I can view this is it’s another occasion where they said they tried and it’s just the way things are or he’s so delusional that he thought all he had to do was ask to get food prices under control.

    As usual regardless of your political affiliation 200k+ is a lot to pay for someone for this quality of work.

    For anyone wondering his next game plan is deferring to the Competition Bureau. I feel like somehow the timing of them really wanting to do something will be awful close to the next election cycle.

    Champagne wrote that he hopes to discuss the possibility of a follow-up study with the competition commissioner.

    • psvrh@lemmy.ca
      4·
      5 months ago

      I feel like somehow the timing of them really wanting to do something will be awful close to the next election cycle.

      Ah, yes, the standard Liberal wash cycle:

      1. Get elected.
      2. Start some committees to study the possibility of a commission to make a recommendation for an option to be considered. Electoral reform, indigenous welfare, whatever.
      3. Sabotage the committees you started. Maybe get into a court case or two to defend your not doing anything about clean water on reserves, or climate change, or whatever.
      4. Do the neoliberal bullshit you wanted to do: cut some taxes, buy an oil pipeline in hopes Alberta will like you, etc.
      5. Two weeks before you drop the writ, promise all sorts of progressive stuff that you’ll get to, honest, pinkie-swear. Go ahead and try to kick the football, Charlie Brown.