Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne is calling on the Competition Bureau to use its new powers to take another look at the cost of groceries in Canada.
Last June, the bureau released a report that said Canada’s grocery sector lacks competition. The industry is dominated by three domestic giants — Loblaws, Metro and Sobeys owner Empire — along with foreign players like Walmart and Costco.
On Monday, Champagne sent a letter to Matthew Boswell, the competition commissioner, to complain about what he called the grocery companies’ lack of cooperation with the bureau’s study, which led to last summer’s report.
“I was disappointed to
