I'm not sure that it's going to help the independent grocers, and I'm not even sure as it's currently structured that it's going to make that much difference in this consolidated grocery market. I think something very specific to the code is required in the legislation to yield authority to something like the Competition Bureau to give it oversight over a code of conduct. That's a similar sort of environment that exists in the U.K., where a branch of government has overall responsibility for it.
On December 4th, 2023. See this statement in context.