Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by John Mykytyshyn, Conservative Political Consultant and President of Bradgate Research Group, John Milloy, Former Ontario Liberal MPP who served as a cabinet minister under the Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne governments and Glenn De Baeremaeker, a former city councillor in Toronto who represented Ward 38 Scarborough Centre.
Today, we discuss the tentative agreement between PSAC and Ottawa which will cost taxpayers approximately $1.3 billion per year. It includes a 12.6 percent raise over four years plus a one time payment of $2,500 that is pensionable. Did the Trudeau government cave to the union's demands? And, we also discuss the latest on the Toronto Mayoral election that has over 50 candidates running so far.
ARE THE LARGE GROCERS BULLYING SMALL SUPPLIERS?
Jane Brown is now joined by Ellen Roseman, consumer advocate and journalist as well as Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.
Small and medium-sized suppliers are calling out the questionable treatment they face from the big grocery retailers when it comes to getting their products on the shelves and the uncertainty of how long they will last there. For many, it's an issue of not knowing when or getting little to no notice about their products being delisted. And then there's the issue of the rising fees they face in doing business with the big chains and the "chargebacks". Our guests weigh in on the latest.
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