We fight for that

About We fight for that

Consumer protection news, advocacy and information in Canada from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC).

Publisher

John Lawford, Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)

Category

business · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Sept 2020

Latest episode

9 Dec 2024

Latest episodes

4 of 34 episodes have a transcript.

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   9 Dec 2024TRANSCRIPT

   From Plow to Pantry: Monopoly in the Canadian Food System

   Tahira Dawood interviews Keldon Bester about CAMP's report exposing the Canadian food system's hidden monopolies and the consequences for consumers and farmers.

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   12 Nov 2024TRANSCRIPT

   The Big Fix

   New PIAC Executive Director and General Counsel, Geoff White, is pleased to take the reins of the podcast and interviews Denis Hearn and Vass Bednar about their urgent, clear and accessible book, "The Big Fix", which seeks to explain why Canada has a competition problem and how to fix it.

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   29 Jul 2024TRANSCRIPT

   CRTC Gone Astray - Part 2 with Monica Auer

   In this, the second instalment of PIAC's series on the 'CRTC Gone Astray', Monica notes that the CRTC has abandoned data collection, and its public disclosure and has not measured results in implementing the new Online Streaming Act (which amends the Broadcasting Act), which means it is impossible to know if the requirements of the Broadcasting Act, to in part ensure the amount and quality of Canadian content (CanCon), or indeed any other objectives. Although the discussion is at times technical sounding, the principles being ignored are easy: first, making decisions based on evidence and measuring results. Second, procedural shortcuts also taken by the CRTC appear to us to undermine the rule of law and risk the spectre that "might makes right". Let's avoid that. We close with more examples of disclosure of information in CRTC telecommunications that would benefit the public if it were not kept confidential: the Rogers outage in 2022 (and the related full Report to the CRTC); the BCE (Bell) - Northwestel sale to Sixty North Unity; and a CRTC hearing on historical inmate calling rates in Ontario. Make a donation (https://www.canadahelps.org/dn/14349) to PIAC, right now, through Canada Helps: https://www.piac.ca/become-a-donor/

Inside a recent episode

From Plow to Pantry: Monopoly in the Canadian Food System

Published 9 Dec 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So even if we, you know, just look at the retail side of things, it is very alarming for consumers. So are there any specific views you want to share on that? Well, I don't think I'll shock anybody to say that that that's a problem. The one thing, and it's not exactly a good news story, is the level of concentration at different parts of the chain really almost makes retail consolidation look like child's play, and I don't want to downplay the retail consolidation, but I always go back to this, is that beef processing in Canada, so that's beef slaughterhouses, beef abattoirs. It really is two companies, period, in Canada that do the vast, vast majority, something like 95 % of beef processing in Canada. […]

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