Lianne Rood at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On February 13th, 2024. See this statement in context.

February 13th, 2024 / 11:35 a.m.

Conservative

Lianne Rood Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON

Okay.

We know, Mr. Riel, that front-of-pack labelling is going to cost consumers $8 billion. We've actually heard in this committee that the new plastics ban on fresh produce is going to cost the industry at least $6 billion.

Given your business model—and I know there's a lot of it in your stores—what will this do to food costs, food availability and food waste?

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