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Singh vs. Weston: the battle for control of Canada’s grocery aisles

NDP leader on a crusade to bring down ‘corporate greed’ in the country’s supermarkets
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh points to a $20 pack of cheese during a visit to a Loblaws grocery store in Ottawa, which he believes is a reflection of grocery chains price gouging consumers on Wednesday Feb. 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mickey Djuric

Pushing a grocery cart up and down the aisles of Loblaws, Jagmeet Singh has to admit it’s all a little bit awkward.

After all, the NDP leader has lambasted the grocery giant and its former president Galen Weston Jr. — famous among Canadians for his 30-second COVID-era TV and radio ads — for “ripping people off.”

Today, however, Singh is just running errands.

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