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Doug Ford nixes idea of grocery surveillance pricing ban in Ontario
Ford said competition, not a ban, should keep grocery prices down and blamed higher costs on rising gas.
- On Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford rejected implementing a ban on surveillance pricing for groceries, contrasting his position with Manitoba's proposed ban on what it calls "predatory pricing."
- Ford defends competition as the primary driver of lower prices, maintaining a belief in a free-market, capitalist society rather than government intervention in retail pricing.
- While refusing to ban surveillance pricing, the premier warned retailers against price-fixing, vowing to "tear them to shreds" in any case of "collusion."
- Dismissing a planned City of Toronto pilot project to open four city-run grocery stores, Ford called the proposal "the craziest idea" he has ever heard.
- Rising gas prices are the primary driver of sky-high grocery costs, according to the premier, who maintains this broader economic factor is the true issue facing Ontario families.
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Doug Ford Rejects Grocery Surveillance Pricing Ban as Ontario Food Costs Rise
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is nixing the idea of banning so-called surveillance pricing on groceries, as Manitoba has proposed. Ford says today that he believes in a free-market, capitalist society. The Manitoba government is moving to ban what it calls "predatory pricing" on groceries, though the issue hasn’t been seen locally, after an investigation in the United States found some online shoppers using a third-party platform were charged differ…
Doug Ford nixes idea of grocery surveillance pricing ban in Ontario – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is nixing the idea of banning so-called surveillance pricing on groceries, as Manitoba has proposed. Ford says today that he believes in a free-market, capitalist society. The Manitoba government is moving to ban what it calls “predatory pricing” on groceries, though the issue hasn’t been seen locally, after an investigation in the United States found some online shoppers using a third-party platform were char…
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