Basically what happened in the mobile space. I’m 2008 CRTC had an AWS spectrum auction for new entrants in the wireless industry, namely Mobilicity, Public Mobile, and WIND Mobile. Public was bought out by Telus. Mobilicity was bought by Rogers and merged with Chatr. WIND hung out longer and became Freedom under Shaw, but of course Shawgers happened, so we’re back to square one.

Break up the Weston vertical monopoly and watch how fast the rest starts evening out.

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.

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

They also own real estate under Choice Properties.

I dont know, more competitors would still be better.

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

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.

You don't get to have teeth when you're sucking at the teets.

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.