Stifling lack of competition in meat packing industries

Canada's intensely concentrated beef industry is at risk if something goes awry.

While anti-competition rhetoric south of the border is heating up, the conversation about the risks and costs of corporate concentration in Canada’s beef packing industry have been relatively muted, writes Independent Senator Paula Simons.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY ISG Senator Paula Simons

March 21, 2022

Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this month didn’t get the attention in Canada that a SOTU by a POTUS usually receives, likely because it took place against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and in the wake of Ottawa’s convoy crisis. But the American president’s speech ca...

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