Tag: grocery prices
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610 CKTB | The Great Grocery Gambit: Government Gimmicks & Corporate Tricks Won’t Lower Prices
Jon Liedtke argues Canadian food inflation is exacerbated by government intervention, including supply management cartels, inflationary rebate checks, and municipal grocery store plans. Criticizing corporate practices like security barriers, he insists lowering costs requires dismantling monopolies, stopping government gimmicks, enforcing antitrust laws, and allowing free-market competition.
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610 CKTB | Soviet Central Planning in Conservative Blue
610 CKTB host Gene Valaitis and Jon Liedtke discuss Premier Doug Ford’s governance, labeling him a “Soviet-style central planner”. They critique his use of taxpayer money for “voter bribes” like rebate checks, his inconsistent free-market stance regarding monopolies and subsidies, and the controversy surrounding his purchase of an impractical private jet. Transcript (Gemini Generated): Gene…
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Soviet Central Planning in Conservative Blue: Doug Ford’s Faux Free-Market Sales Pitch
Jon Liedtke deconstructs Premier Doug Ford’s “Open for Business” branding, exposing a governance style rooted in central planning and interventionism. From “gravy plane” jet purchases to picking winners with corporate subsidies, Liedtke argues Ford’s pragmatic corporatism betrays true small-c conservative principles while shamelessly buying off an increasingly cynical electorate.