A House of Commons committee is sending a bailiff to summon Canada\u0027s top grocery CEOs to testify about food inflation and profits. Read on.
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That, in the language of parliamentary procedures and practices, represents a serious escalation that looks destined to extend the grocers’ PR nightmare over accusations they took advantage of the worst inflation in four decades to pad their profits. Unlike a simple invitation, disobeying a summons could in theory lead to a run-in with the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons, who has the power to haul individuals in front of the House to be admonished.
to a hearing in December. Empire sent its chief financial officer to the same hearing. And Metro sent its chief financial officer to another hearing earlier this month.“There is nothing new to be gained,” Retail Council spokesperson Michelle Wasylyshen said in an email.The summons could push the inquiry one step closer to understanding what, if anything, might have headed off the worst spike in food prices since the early 1980s.
Things did not go well for the country’s top grocery bosses the last time they showed up at a committee hearing, in July 2020, as part of the industry committee’s inquiry into the Hero Pay scandal. At that meeting,
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