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Feb 02

Beer and Cider Coming to 87 More Grocery Stores in April

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Ontario Improving Convenience and Choice for People Across the Province Starting in April 2018, Ontario will expand beer and cider sales to 87 more grocery stores, increasing convenience and choice…

Feb 02

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Coverage from the Loblaw-Bread Price-Fixing Issue

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Toronto Star - Immunity program under fire in bread scandal -Price-fixing is both wrong and a challenge to the social fabric -Bread breaks open activist anger -The High cost of price-fixing…

Jan 12

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Response from Competition Bureau to CFIG’s Open Letter

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Read letter from the Competition Bureau https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canadian-federation-of-independent-grocers---open-letter-to-the-competition-bureau-of-canada-665739113.html TORONTO, Dec. 21, 2017 /CNW/ - Mr. John Pecman, Commissioner, Competition Bureau Canada 50 Victoria Street, Gatineau, Quebec K1A OC9 Dear Mr. Pecman: The announcement yesterday by…

Jan 03

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Min. wage hikes could cost Canada’s economy 60,000 jobs by 2019: Bank of Canada

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Minimum wage hikes across Canada this year could cost about 60,000 jobs by 2019, the Bank of Canada says in a new report. READ BANK OF CANADA REPORT HERE As of…

Jan 02

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Ontario’s Minimum Wage is Now $14 an Hour

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Starting today, people across Ontario will see their wages rise $14 an hour as the new general minimum wage takes effect. This change will help workers and their families who…

Dec 22

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Save-On-Foods offers gift card following price fixing controversy

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Save-On-Foods will be offering customers a $25 gift card as a goodwill gesture following the Loblaw bread fixing controversy. Read full story published in Globe and Mail here.

Dec 21

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Globe and Mail Column on Price Fixing

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From the Globe and Mail Loblaw’s behaviour is outrageous. But so are other schemes to fix the cost of food BARRIE MCKENNA OTTAWA PUBLISHED DECEMBER 20, 2017 Of course it's…

Nov 22

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Competition Bureau investigation against Loblaw dropped due to lack of evidence

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The Globe and Mail reported that after nearly four years, the investigation of "abuse of dominance" allegations against Loblaw Cos. Ltd. has been dropped by the Competition Bureau because of…

Nov 14

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Small Business Now Facing Setbacks, Instead Of Promised “Offsets”

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TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2017 /CNW/ - The publicly promised and long awaited "offsets" promised by the Ontario government over the last few months, following their announcement to increase the minimum wage in the province…

Nov 13

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Update for Small Business Matters Coalition

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CREDIT CARD FEES: The SBM Coalition alone, opposed the ‘solution’ to high credit card fees brought forward by the previous government. The voluntary reduction, ostensibly to an overall average…

Policy Agenda

Beer and Cider Coming to 87 More Grocery Stores in April

Coverage from the Loblaw-Bread Price-Fixing Issue

Response from Competition Bureau to CFIG’s Open Letter

Min. wage hikes could cost Canada’s economy 60,000 jobs by 2019: Bank of Canada

Ontario’s Minimum Wage is Now $14 an Hour

Save-On-Foods offers gift card following price fixing controversy

Globe and Mail Column on Price Fixing

Competition Bureau investigation against Loblaw dropped due to lack of evidence

Small Business Now Facing Setbacks, Instead Of Promised “Offsets”

Update for Small Business Matters Coalition

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