They also own real estate under Choice Properties.

Sadly it doesn't matter if we have antitrust laws or not when no one is willing to enforce them.

Exactly. The big corps will just buy the new players and everything will go back to the way it was.

This government has no vision.

I've seen a couple of (very limited) examples of restaurants using their contracts with suppliers to open small local grocery stores near their restaurants, that undercut the big grocery chains. If anything was possible, I'd prefer more local neighbourhood stores for packaged foods and community garden co-ops combined with farmer's markets for fresh foods.

I dont know, more competitors would still be better.

Ive seen my local no frills lower prices to match Walmart sales.

Canada's regulatory agencies feel so incredibly spineless. So many industries here are unchecked oligopolies with skyrocketing prices.

My American friends are jawdropped when I tell them how much food, internet, and cell plans cost here.