Thread by @OpenMediaOrg

Mergers like Rogers-Shaw aren’t our only problem. We need the @CompBureau to be able to not only stop monopolies from growing any bigger, but to rein in the existing monopolies that control our markets. [THREAD] #competitionweek

@CompBureau Did you know that @LoblawsON owns @RealCdnSS, @EpicerieMaxi, T&T, Zehr’s, and @nofrillsCA? Not to mention that their points program, @pc_optimum, is linked to @ShopprsDrugMart, @PCFinancial, and PC Mobile, a prepaid cell-phone provider.

This doesn’t include the dozens of in-store brands owned by the Loblaws corporation that are sold exclusively at their retailers.

No one company should have their fingers in so many aspects of our economy. We can point the blame squarely at companies like @LoblawsON for raising our prices and leaving us without choice.

@LoblawsON Loblaws may be responsible for price gouging, but our government is to blame for weak enforcement laws that allow market behemoths to take advantage of us.

@LoblawsON Until TOMORROW, the government will hear YOUR voice on what you want from a competition regulator. Now is our chance to take down giants like Loblaws, and introduce proper choice and lower prices to our economy.

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