Voluntary grocery code of conduct short on fair dealing enforcement provisions, says NDP agriculture critic

Liberal MP Francis Drouin says the goverment has made clear that 'we're not afraid to legislate—and we will—if the grocery code of conduct fails to meet expectations.'

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced that federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers agreed to $1.2-million in short-term funding to support the adjudication office for the Grocery Sector Code of Conduct, in an Agriculture press release on July 19.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

July 29, 2024

The NDP's food price inflation critic is “cautiously optimistic” about the long-awaited grocery code of conduct, but argues that voluntary participation has left its effectiveness open to question.

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