Loblaws takes the heat over a tone-deaf price freeze. And the unprecedented, unjustified, and perhaps unnecessary federal government power grab that nobody cares about. Our very own Arshy Mann co-hosts.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor & Technical Producer) André Proulx (Production Coordinator) SoCalled (Music)

Guest: Arshy Mann

Background reading:

Canadians must give thanks to our Loblaw overlords for their generous new marketing campaign
Supermarkets are hiking prices faster than necessary — and profiting from inflation, Star investigation suggests
Controversial political fixer re-emerges in Toronto election campaign
Commons: Papa Pump and the Small Town Shakedown
Use of Emergencies Act OK by me, whatever the hearings find
Justin Trudeau accused Doug Ford of ‘hiding’ during convoy protest, documents show

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