Also, put liability on executives and even potentially board members themselves. Treat it like financial fraud. Set up a structure to proactively investigate and pursue personal civil and criminal liability of officers and directors or other management that knowingly or negligently engaged in what is essentially defrauding the public. No reason an executive they overseas a scheme to defraud the public shouldn't end up sitting in jail.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

Treat it like financial fraud.

Because it is.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Or just nationalize these stores and turn them into crown corps.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Sure, once we somehow figure out how not to have corrupt governments.

[+] TheGreatRapsBeat@lemmy.world -6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Let’s not do that. Because either the entire food chain from agriculture to shelf would have to be nationalized, and that… is just not feasible. Maybe 50 years ago, sure but not anymore.

Let’s start with passing some laws to nationalize the price or cap the price of essential food items. Meat, Vegetables and fruit, bread items to start with. And legislated weight would be nice. I still don’t understand why a package of chicken breast comes with only 3 fucking pieces and costs $14-$18. Average families are four people damnit!!! Packaged meat should be in amounts for 2 people and 4 people.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The only reason it's not feasible is because there's no political will to do it. There's no fundamental reason why that can't change if there was broad public demand for it. A lot of food production has become effectively a natural monopoly, and it's much better to nationalize these kinds of industries than try to regulate them. We have decades of evidence that we are not able to regulate them effectively.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

tHiNk oF tHE ShaREhOLdeRs

[–] TheGreatRapsBeat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It has to do with sheer cost and then tariffs to protect government owned industries. Regulation would definitely be a better starting point.

Also I actually agree with you.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] TheGreatRapsBeat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Cost.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The EU has some mechanism so that it is % of revenue for charges like these. Canada needs to put something like that in.

[–] sulgoth@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Global revenue

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Despite the increased enforcement, the CFIA has issued only warnings to offenders. The B.C. Real Canadian Superstore, which sold underweight strip loin, got a warning — no fine — even though the chain has faced CFIA scrutiny before.

They aren't even being fined.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

There were baker's dozen for a reason ... if they faced fines appropriate fines then they would definitely make sure we got at least what we paid for.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Replace the underweight meat with Galen Weston's flesh.