Ottawa getting $40 million refund from former parent company of Quebec COVID vaccine maker

Ottawa getting  million refund from former parent company of Quebec COVID vaccine maker

Ottawa will be getting a $40 million refund after it gave Quebec City-based biopharmaceutical company Medicago more than $300 million to develop and manufacture a home-grown COVID-19 vaccine that never made it to market. The news comes after Conservative, Bloc and NDP MPs on the House of Commons health committee grilled staff from Canada’s procurement department this … Read more

Grocery code of conduct will raise prices, not lower them, Loblaws and Walmart tell lawmakers

Grocery code of conduct will raise prices, not lower them, Loblaws and Walmart tell lawmakers

The head of Canada’s biggest grocery chain says the looming implementation of the grocery code of conduct would lead to higher prices for consumers, not lower ones. Speaking at a House of Commons agriculture committee meeting on Thursday morning on stabilizing food prices, Galen Weston, executive chairman of the Loblaws group of companies, said his … Read more