Thoughts on BC Politics and More

"Although our country's food inflation has been among the lowest in the world, and Canada is among the most competitive nations on Earth when it comes to grocery retail, this provides little comfort to Canadians who are struggling," Michael Medline told MPs on the House of Commons agriculture committee. Medline is the CEO of Empire Company Ltd., which owns Sobeys and other grocery store chains ... CLICK HERE for the full story

  Walmart, Hugo Boss, Diesel need to demonstrate products are free of slave labour: Ombudsperson    CLICK HERE for the full story

  The gravity of the allegations in the Quebec-based lawsuit cannot be understated    We have just learned that major Canadian food companies, namely Loblaw, Metro, Maple Leaf Foods, Walmart, and Weston Bakeries, find themselves entangled in a class-action lawsuit filed in Quebec. It seems inevitable we may soon witness a similar class-action lawsuit affecting the rest of Canada. The lawsuit alleges that these industry giants colluded to unlawfully manipulate the price of meat, resulting in households allegedly paying more than $4 billion in unjustified excess ... CLICK HERE to read the full story

Many progressives consider themselves to be ‘liberal’ in their ideals and thoughts, so they align with the party that carries the name. They are not analytical or deep thinkers. Their leanings are heavily socialist; they tend to adopt causes for underdogs particularly people in far flung places. Many of you will recall protests and publicity campaigns aimed at corporations for using ‘slave labour’, and ignoring human rights in overseas operations. Apple, Cisco, H&M, IBM, Nestle, Nike, Nygard, Starbucks and Walmart and many others have been targeted. You will also recall ‘blood diamonds’ and the condemnation of diamond mining in places like Angola where human rights are absent, and profits are used to finance banditry and civil wars. Outraged progressives fought for laws to prevent or restrict corporations from doing business with regimes that failed to implement human rights ... and that demanded bribes from foreign businesses.  That is w...