Author: Marzio Pelù

CORRIERE CANADESE / Costco: “Sì al ‘codice’ sui prezzi, ma deve valere per tutti”

TORONTO – Ormai è una barzelletta. Da una parte, il governo federale che da mesi spinge per convincere le grandi catene di distribuzione alimentare ad adottare un “codice di condotta” per regolamentare i prezzi, minacciandole di “provvedimenti penalizzanti”. Dall’altra parte, le stesse catene alimentari che, a turno, dichiarano: “Io il codice di condotta lo adotterei volentieri, ma devono adottarlo anche tutte le altre compagnie, altrimenti non se ne fa nulla”: E, naturalmente, l’iniziativa non decolla… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Grocery code of conduct, Costo: “Yes, but it must apply to all”

TORONTO – It’s a joke. On the one hand, the federal government has been pushing for months to convince large food distribution companies to adopt a “code of conduct” to regulate prices, threatening them with “penalizing measures”. On the other hand, the same food companies, in turn, declare: “I would gladly adopt the code of conduct, but all the other companies must also adopt it, otherwise nothing will be done”. And, of course, nothing changes. And prices continue to rise. 

Singh, ultimatum to Trudeau. Yet another

OTTAWA – NDP tries to stand up and to be counted: this seems to be the goal of the initiative by Jagmeet Singh, leader of the NDP, who sent all members an e-mail asking for support on a sort of “ultimatum” to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: pharmacare by March 1st or everyone at home. Technical evidence of a crisis, in short, with Singh who, despite attacking Trudeau on a daily basis, continues to keep the Liberal minority government alive with the votes of the NDP, keeping his feet in two shoes: majority and opposition.