Following the Canadian federal government’s announcement of a $15-billion Honda electric vehicle plant in Ontario, ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson asks Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne for a follow-up to his government’s efforts to increase grocery store competition. Minister Champagne discusses his talks with foreign grocery chains, as well as Canada’s electric vehicle infrastructure.
Plus, the federal government announced new sanctions on Belarusian officials who have been involved with human right violations since the country’s 2020 presidential election. This move comes after a United Nations report that says the number of political prisoners in Belarus has grown since the disputed election. Stephenson sits down with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to talk about her life in exile, her jailed husband, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ties to the current Belarusian regime.
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This conversation is a reminder of the importance of unity and solidarity.?
Normalize cooperatives and ?ctive unions. Preserve and expand our??democracy. Workers make this nation run, workers should run this nation?.???
A more salient question is why did Justin's government resist investigations into foreign interference? ?
that's the Monopoly in Canada these politicians get a lot of money in lobbying from these business to keep them the only Mafia and control prices like a mafia
As far as Pierre stopping to chat with Canadians, I watched the entire video and the signs have nothing to do with him simply chatting with Canadians. I believe that Trudeau fans are simply pissed that it is so unsafe for Trudeau to show his head anywhere in Canada but Poilievre is welcome wherever he goes.
Canadians was fooled by this minister. ?
I dont mind less foreign food coming in, preferably canadian owned food only or promoting people to hunt for their own food
See something, say something!
“Been that way for 30 years.” – U.S. Justice Department on the lack of Human Rights in Oklahoma County Jail, 2020
“Makes me feel human again after this place.” – Oklahoma City Art Museum review after life in the local shelters (20+ years in the making), 2024
“It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” – Nelson Mandela ??
The single reason why Foreign Grocers and Retailers can't make it in Canada is The Bi- Lingual Labeling Requirement. House brands that are popular in Single language labeling, are not allowed, and so they cannot compete unless they get everything relabeled in Bi Lingual language which is a very expensive investment at the very outset. This was a big part of why Target could not successfully transit to the Canadian market. They could not get enough Bi- Lingual labeled Products produced, to fill the shelves of their vast store square footage.