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Junior talks tough to grocery barons …

Ottawa summons major grocery CEOs to talk lowering food prices — or else

The federal government is summoning the heads of Canada’s major grocery chains to Ottawa this fall to begin discussions on a plan to lower food costs for Canadians, as inflation continues to impact grocery bills.

The companies are being tasked with coming up with a plan to stabilize prices by Thanksgiving, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said as he marked the end of the Liberal cabinet retreat in London, Ont., on Thursday, ahead of Parliament’s return next week.

Between Trudeau and Chow’s sales tax Toronto should be grocery store desert in no time.

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