Could publicly-owned grocery stores break Canada’s grocery oligopoly?
A bold proposal from New York’s Zohran Mamdani is sparking interest north of the border. Experts say a Canadian public option is not only possible — it’s long overdue
This story was originally published in Ricochet.
In New York City, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani shocked the world in June with his landslide primary victory over former state governor Andrew Cuomo with a campaign that notably included a very popular pledge to open a city-run grocery store in each of the city’s five boroughs.
Mamdani’s proposa…
