• @[email protected]
    31•5 months ago

    Why is the solution to Canadian oligopoly always “let foreign corporations in”, instead of fostering growth of small local businesses and coops?

    This also applies to telecom…

    • @[email protected]
      9•5 months ago

      Because the oligopoly just buy up all competition

      Why they’re allowed to do that…well the Reform Party has over a 99% chance of majority in polling atm

      • IninewCrowEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        … and I wouldn’t mind if our Canadian government wants to keep the damned oligopoly if they could just tax the hell out of it and stop giving them government hand outs

      • K0W4L5K1
        1•5 months ago

        Yeah and we did that to ourselves allowing them to steamroll us like that

    • @Son_of_dad
      2•5 months ago

      Cause the Canadian government cares more about foreigners than they do about Canadians

  • @[email protected]
    7•5 months ago

    Of course they can - they could undercut Loblaws by a large margin and still make a fucking killing.

    I’m hoping for Alcampo.

    • @[email protected]
      7•5 months ago

      Or they could suck up a bunch of subsidies to get started, then sell their subsidiary to Loblaws. Foreign company gets cash, and Loblaws gets even more market dominance. Everyone wins!