“After months of Jagmeet Singh and the NDP calling out Loblaws for using inflation as a cover to jack-up food prices for Canadians, Loblaws has now registered to lobby the Competition Bureau on the price of food and competition. Trudeau and his Liberal government have sat on their hands while Loblaws takes advantage of Canadians, and now they want even more protection to keep raking in record profits. Loblaws opening a back door to the Liberal government only raises more questions about Loblaws' claim that rising food prices are out of their control.
They know the Liberals and Conservatives are on the side of the CEO class, and they want to keep it that way. Loblaws can smell their goose is cooked – Canadians are fed up with their enormous grocery bills and they want action. That’s why the NDP has been fighting for the every day Canadians, standing up to companies like Loblaws, as their corporate greed devastates ordinary Canadians. And it doesn’t get any better with Poilievre and his conservative party – who has demonstrated no willingness to take on big corporations’ greed.
It’s time for the government to break up the big food cartels and strengthen competition laws. We need a windfall tax, now, so it’s Canadians who get ahead, not the ultra-rich CEOs of large grocers. The NDP will keep fighting to stack the deck towards ordinary Canadians, not the ultra-wealthy.”
Despite promises that processing would be completed in 10 days, more than 130 Palestinian students accepted into Canadian universities remain trapped in extreme delay, with some losing their admissions or risking their lives while waiting.
I issued an open letter calling on Ministers Lena Diab and Gary Anandasangaree to immediately address this crisis. The government must apply existing flexibility rules for biometrics in Gaza, conduct a second review of rejected applications relying on generic refusal reasons, and establish a dedicated mechanism to ensure fair, individualized, and timely decisions.
