{"id":5793,"date":"2018-02-04T06:49:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T06:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=5793"},"modified":"2023-06-21T22:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T22:23:57","slug":"skimmin-bread-off-the-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=5793","title":{"rendered":"Skimmin&#8217; $Bread off the Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-header\">\n<h1><\/h1>\n<blockquote><p>The Fix Was In on the Staff of Life<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong>UPDATE: JUNE 21\/2023 from post of February 4, 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><a title=\"Protected by Outlook: http:\/\/cbc.ca\/news\/business\/canada-bread-price-fixing-1.6883783. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fcanada-bread-price-fixing-1.6883783&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C0a82dcebfd804035bd7d08db729db657%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638229793912172250%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bePngasJ0zNqgEpY8iTHCFXbhQm4XEKU4hEd%2FX8owpA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Canada Bread agrees to $50M fine for role in bread price-fixing scandal | CBC News<\/a><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Canada Bread has agreed to pay at least $50 million for its role in fixing the price of bread for years, according to documents filed in an Ontario court.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"Protected by Outlook: http:\/\/cbc.ca\/news\/business\/canada-bread-price-fixing-1.6883783. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fcanada-bread-price-fixing-1.6883783&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C0a82dcebfd804035bd7d08db729db657%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638229793912172250%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bePngasJ0zNqgEpY8iTHCFXbhQm4XEKU4hEd%2FX8owpA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Go to article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpted from article<\/strong>: The bread price-fixing scandal first came to light in 2015, when Canada&#8217;s Competition Bureau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/bread-price-fixing-1.4728360\">launched an investigation<\/a>\u00a0after receiving information from Loblaw\u00a0and Weston about the existence of the scheme they were involved in. The two companies were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/bread-price-fixing-loblaw-1.6719884\">granted immunity from prosecution<\/a>\u00a0by the bureau for co-operating in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The bureau subsequently executed search warrants against numerous companies, including Weston, Loblaw, Metro Inc.,\u00a0Sobeys Inc., Walmart Canada, Giant Tiger Stores Ltd., Overwaitea Food Group and Canada Bread.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page-header\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5804\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/court-Painter-price-fix-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/court-Painter-price-fix-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/court-Painter-price-fix-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/court-Painter-price-fix.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23638\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Court-Painter-Staff-of-life-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Court-Painter-Staff-of-life-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Court-Painter-Staff-of-life-2-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Court-Painter-Staff-of-life-2-768x561.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23635\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CourtPainter-Staff-of-life.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CourtPainter-Staff-of-life.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CourtPainter-Staff-of-life-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CourtPainter-Staff-of-life-768x544.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"byline clearfix\">\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_16x16_style right\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article>\u00a0<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fix Was In on the Staff of Life UPDATE: JUNE 21\/2023 from post of February 4, 2018 Canada Bread agrees to $50M fine for role in bread price-fixing scandal | CBC News Canada Bread has agreed to pay at least $50 million for its role in fixing the price of bread for years, according &hellip; 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