#522 - The Everything Company (w/ David Moscrop and Mitchell Thompson) (Patreon)

A new campaign to boycott Canada's biggest grocery chain raises a plethora of issues about how monopolies work in Canada, and what role governments and consumers should play in combatting them. On this special episode, Luke welcomes writers David Moscrop and Mitchell Thompson to discuss the Loblaws boycott and Canada's grocery-store oligarchs, the Weston Family.

"The Secret to the Weston Family’s Wealth Is Exploitation, Not Hard Work" by Mitchell Thompson - https://jacobin.com/2021/12/weston-family-business-empire-wealth-exploitation-low-wage-labor

"Loblaw Has Become an Everything Company" by David Moscrop - https://thewalrus.ca/loblaw-has-become-an-everything-company/

"Boycott or not, Canadians are paying for Galen Weston’s castle" by Luke Savage - https://ricochet.media/labour/class-war/boycott-or-not-canadians-are-paying-for-galen-westons-castle/