This is even more ridiculous. Found at Shoppers. That's $6.43 with tax. For a 200 g bag. Before Loblaws bought Shoppers they were pretty competitive on these sorts of things. Loblaws has changed them into 24 hour convenience stores that also sell you oxy if you have a prescription.
#DougFord has appointed Shoppers Drug Mart as the sole distributor of publicly funded vaccines!! 😳
"The vaccine rollout this year has been the worst we've experienced, raising questions how the MoH operates. Shoppers, who typically deliver solely to their own pharmacies, must now handle distribution to their competitors. With a distribution plan that resembles sabotage, we simply cannot continue provide vaccines with the govt providing no regular supply"
"In less than one year, #Ontario has become one of the leading jurisdictions in #Canada at providing healthcare services through 3rd party for-profit investor-owned shareholder pharmacies"
"Practising medicine is not "an assessment" It is a history, physical exam, differential diagnosis, testing where needed, plan for follow-up & documentation accessible to others.
Ontario could support publicly funded primary care, but it chooses for-profit corporate earnings"
The #pharmacy#chain in question, which is happy to give both your #prescription (and presumably #vaccination) #records to pretty much anyone who wants them, in addition to letting them see when your prescriptions are eligible for refill, order those refills, and turn on OR OFF automatic fills for your prescripts is ...
Canada Bread Co. has been fined $50 million after pleading guilty to its role in a criminal price-fixing scheme that inflated the wholesale price of bread in Canada. The Competition Bureau of Canada says it's the highest price-fixing fine ever imposed by a Canadian court
Loblaws Is Crushing Canadians With High Food Prices — While Raking in Enormous Profits
“Let them eat price gouging” appears to be grocery giant Loblaws’ response to the rising number of food-insecure Canadians. The company blames supply chain issues and inflation for soaring grocery costs — yet is posting stratospheric profits https://jacobin.com/2023/02/loblaws-food-prices-profits-inflation/