“Essential services ... that were privatised are no longer working ... there’s a different way of organising it ... it’s not going back to the 1970s, it’s saying that a modern, dynamic economy has to fix those essentials.” @mathewlawrence.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk 👇

Scrutiny works: Canada's second largest grocery chain to stop using property controls following investigation and regulatory pressure. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Empire to stop using some property controls after scrutiny from regulators, politicians

Sobeys parent company will stop enforcing exclusivity clauses on properties identified in a Competition Bureau court order and in Manitoba

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Ottawa is ridiculous

Great piece from CAMP fellow Andrew Paulley on the need to differentiate surveillance pricing from the typical discounts and how we can ensure the deck isn't stacked against consumers. antimonopoly.ca/dont-fall-fo...

Don’t fall for the senior’s discount surveillance pricing head fake | Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project

CAMP fellow Andrew Paulley lays out the case for distinguishing between surveillance pricing and the discounts Canadians know and love.

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We've got a new report out this week at CAMP on the dominance of American hyperscalers and what Canada can do about it. By treating compute like a commodity, we can ensure that massive private and public investment generates fair competition instead of lock-in. Check out the full report below

Well at least anxiety seems to have plateaued

"Without far-reaching change, the government, farmers and consumers will be doomed to fight an endless battle against corporate combines. Consumers will keep paying too much, and farmers will continue to get too little." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...

Opinion | This Is Why Your Groceries Are So Expensive

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Payouts from the Great Bread Price-Fixing Scandal have started to go out, but as @keldonb.bsky.social from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project explains, the secretive case is ongoing and far from over:

This is good news. Survey data shows that 66% of farmers say consolidation in the market for equipment dealerships has a negative impact on their business. www.realagriculture.com/2026/05/deer...

Deere Manitoba dealer merger cancelled

The merger of Manitoba's two largest John Deere farm equipment dealers has been called off. Greenvalley Equipment (GVE) and Enns Brothers announced a plan to join forces in January, but GVE President ...

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Happy Bread Price Fixing Settlement Day to all Canadians who celebrate

One more red tape reduction and we'll be fine. I'm in Corporate Knights today talking about how it'll take more than getting government out the way to fix Canada's monopoly problem. corporateknights.com/perspectives...

Cutting red tape won’t defeat Canada’s monopolies. Here’s what will. | Corporate Knights

OPINION | Ottawa is promising a whole-of-government approach to boosting competition, but the plan doesn’t deliver

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Hyper concentrated markets bring trouble: FT reports that the recent US stock market gains (turbocharged by the conflict in the Middle East) are driven by smallest number of stocks on record (mostly Big Tech stocks) - increasing risk of a sharp drop when the bubble pops www.ft.com/content/7599...

Competition Bureau is headed to court to challenge a potential monopoly in Canada's natural gas sector. Important first test of whether Canada's updated merger laws can block what appears to be an attempt at literal monopoly. decisions.ct-tc.gc.ca/ct-tc/cdo/en...

In text bolding is passive aggressive

@jamesnicholson.bsky.social and I talk grocery monopolies, private jets, Amazon, and whether my mattress is sufficiently patriotic.

Canadaland@canadaland.com · 5mo ago

Grocery prices are back in the news…again. How are they ripping us off this time? @jamesnicholson.bsky.social hosts with @keldonb.bsky.social

For Earth Day, a couple of thoughts: - Cities are part of Earth - Cities are good for the environment - The more dense, the better

Podcast ep coming out soon where we go in on why this is a disaster for about an hour.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 5mo ago

52% of US men between the ages of 18-49 have an active sports betting account. This is what you get when the sports/media complex goes all-in on gambling. Hard to overstate how troubling a development this is for fans and athletes alike. sri.siena.edu/2026/04/13/m...

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Live Nation Illegally Monopolized Ticketing Market, Jury Finds

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. illegally monopolized live events ticketing and amphitheater markets, a New York federal jury found Wednesday, a blow to the US’s largest concert promoter.

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WOW. 80% of small businesses in Canada say addressing monopolies should be a priority for government. Unsurprising but still shocking, even to to me.

Loblaws: we build future-forward experiences that solve complex problems Also Loblaws: there is no way to determine the weight of meat ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

CBC investigation finds grocers Loblaw, Sobeys overcharging for underweight meat — again | RCI

Findings come 1 year after similar CBC probe found grocers selling underweight meat.

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Maybe this time Will be different

Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 5mo ago

Warner Bros specifically has had THREE utterly disastrous mergers in the last two decades that ALWAYS result in layoffs, price hikes, shittier products, and everybody losing their shirt, but I want you to notice how the U.S. outlets covering this story don't think that's worth mentioning

Canadians really really really don't like algorithmic pricing. 50% want it banned and the 30% that want it allowed are calling for regulation. Great to see building energy at the provincial and federal level to ensure Canadians can count on fair pricing in the marketplace.

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NDP Leader Avi Lewis calls on the Liberal government to ban algorithmic pricing

Sports betting ads are everywhere — and the province is cashing in — but at what cost? Andrew Kim (@torontomet.bsky.social) tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social how Ontario’s online gambling shift opened the floodgates, increasing access to a potentially addictive product. At 8pm | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan

It's not so much price controls @ retail level that we need, but rather we must tackle corporate concentration and market power by preventing big mergers and acquisitions all along food supply chains in the first place. ://www.ft.com/content/d272c711-178c-4c73-a397-5b8fac200e5f?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Price controls make a troubling return to the mainstream

Governments should focus more on boosting supply and productivity

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Canada's Competition Bureau is currently reviewing the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal

Thanks to the CBC for having me on to talk about the potential of public grocery stores in Canada. The issues with competition in our food system go beyond the store shelf. We need to deal with monopolization further up the chain. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Why city-run grocery stores may help combat rising food prices

As food prices continue to rise, one Toronto city councillor is proposing non-profit, city-run grocery stores as a possible solution. CBC’s Alejandrina Alvarez looks at how the pilot program would wor...

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Canadians know what's up. "Across the country, Canadians express a strong desire for governments to step in and set rules governing algorithmic pricing practices, with many supporting outright prohibition of certain forms of automated pricing systems." abacusdata.ca/canadians-ar...

Canadians Are Skeptical of Algorithmic Pricing - Abacus Data

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Happy to speak to @faliceemo.bsky.social at @thehubcanada.bsky.social about the growing Americanization and monopolization of Canada's national parks. thehub.ca/2026/03/19/w...

Who controls Banff? Inside the decade-long battle over rail, gondolas, and the ‘Americanization’ of Canada’s national parks

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