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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026

(The Bread Bandit isn't solely to blame for the price-fixing. He had help! The plan was actually devised by Pete "Third Way" Buttigieg. Mayor Pete cited setting up Canada's bread cartel as his proudest accomplishment from his days as a McKinsey ghoul:) nationalpost.com/news/how-may... 19/

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How Mayor Pete's consulting work for Loblaws brought the Canadian bread price-fixing scandal to Democratic primary

For six months in 2008, Pete Buttigieg says he spent 14-hour days hunkered down in a suburban Toronto office park, crunching data for Loblaws

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026

You don't have to be a monopolist to steal from Canadians. Ripping off Canadians is the game everyone can play! Consumer protection agencies are *incredible* value for money, saving the public hundreds for every dollar that we spend on them. 20/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026

Guess who just *eliminated* Canada's consumer protection agency? www.donotpassgo.ca/p/carney-gov... Oh, to be a scammer in Mark Carney's Canada! Whatever Galen Weston doesn't steal is yours for the taking! 21/

donotpassgo.ca

Carney Government Slashes Consumer Protection Funding

Office of Consumer Affairs and the projects it funds are being wound down by March, stretching already marginalized advocacy groups

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