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I’m in an area where there are Loblaws and Metro stores, so I do comparison shopping. It’s bewildering to me that only Loblaws is being targeted when in fact the prices at Metro are even higher! At least Loblaws will discount prices at 50 per cent, but Metro will only discount 15-30 per cent in my experience. Not sure who has a vendetta against Loblaws, but it’s not fair and hopefully shoppers will not blindly fall off a cliff without doing their research.

Mari Carlo, 91原创

There is a call for the boycotting stores owned by Loblaw for the month of May. Generally, I am not a public boycott follow-the-crowd person, but lately I go out of my way to shop even for one item on my list elsewhere if I feel I am being gouged. I can afford to pay the higher price out of convenience, and I must say that I used to have faith in my grocer that I got a fair deal. But no longer.

There is something wrong with large chain stores saying that higher costs are not in their control, while recording record high profits. Well, I鈥檝e just become an enthusiastic public boycott follow-the-crowd person. A month-long boycott will surely give them a kick in their bottom line. However, higher demand on other stores might tempt them to follow the old 鈥渟upply and demand curve,鈥� to raise their prices to take advantage. A countermeasure would be to then rotate the boycotts monthly to the next offending chain stores with non-convincing excuses.

Perhaps it鈥檚 time to visit my neighbourhood private family grocery store. I understand that they have friendly, helpful people there who do not report to anyone but themselves and their neighbourhood. Maybe they can鈥檛 compete with the chain stores on every level, but the personal experience will be worth it while getting some satisfaction from the boycott. Maybe, I will like it so much I鈥檒l make it a habit. I am in!

Roman Kuczynski, 91原创

Loblaw being targeted with numerous allegations and complaints of price gouging, security guards, Plexiglas barriers, showing proof of payment, boycotting stores and personal attacks on Galen Weston Jr. Give your head a shake guys! Shop wherever you want! Loblaw is targeted because it is the largest Canadian owned grocer. It employs thousands of Canadians and many businesses and consultants have prosperous relationship with Loblaw Companies Ltd.聽

Why Loblaw? I don鈥檛 hear folks complaining about Costco requiring to show proof of purchase as you exit the store, nor have I heard any complaints about Costco having controlled entrances and exits. They don鈥檛 ask for proof of purchase at the Loblaw store in my neighbourhood. Perhaps this is occurring in Loblaw locations with high theft. This country relies on trucking. Gas goes up and so does all products. Why not protest our government that is fuelling inflation? Canadians should be proud that we have a large successful corporation like Loblaw, who is a good corporate citizen and they reinvesting in 91原创 unlike Costco and Walmart where their profits leave the country.

Candice Holmstrom, 91原创

Loblaw is in business to make money, period. That’s what they are supposed to do. Consumers have a choice to shop where they please and retailers run their business as they wish. Consumers decide where and why they shop where they do. The proposed boycotts are ridiculous. Loblaw, a Canadian company to be proud of, are in business to be successful. That is their scope. All the other grocers aim for the same successes. Loblaw, keep doing what you do from No Frills to Loblaws and everything in between!

Anna Iacono, 91原创

Axe the tax? Axe the facts

My wife and I have just received our tax assessment for 2023. It states we will receive $840 in 2024 as our 91原创 Carbon Rebate. While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and their ilk continue to obfuscate, they ignore the reality: $840 for our household is a substantial rebate. I challenge him to stop his populist nonsense and provide us with his reasoned, well-thought-out alternatives to the carbon tax, if they can. In the meantime, while he continues to shuffle and avoid, I am suggesting some alternate and more appropriate catch phrases like 鈥淧ierre Full of Air鈥� and聽鈥淎xe the Facts.鈥�

Dennis Ablett, Whitby, Ont.

The problem is more than dogs

Dog owners routinely use public parks as leash-free zones. This group would like to have a word with them: Keenan, May 3

Off-leash dogs are but a symptom of what is happening here in our city. The problem is much larger, and basically comes down to an attitude that bylaws and laws are made for other people. A few weeks ago in David Balfour Park, where I was walking with my wife, I asked a man to please leash his large dog. He refused, and started ranting about how his dog was more important than my wife. Last week, while walking along Yonge Street, a woman in a car was blocking pedestrian access at a cross street. She was texting. When I yelled at her to ask her what was she doing and texting was illegal, she rolled down the window fully and told me that she was not driving. Incredible. Not long afterwards, crossing Yonge Street on a walk signal, a driver barely slowed down and turned right almost running over my foot. I whacked her car to get her attention, but she just kept driving. And so it goes. We don’t respect each other. 91原创, we have a problem.

Alan Trufal, 91原创

Thanks for putting columnist Edward Keenan’s article on the front page. Although I admire the diplomatic efforts of the group Paws for Parks for keeping dogs on leash, it is not working. Dogs run rampant all over the park because their owners do not obey signs. Meanwhile, the wildlife plants and grass are being eroded. Only enforcement with fines will help preserve this treasured green space. I live next to the park and I see more dogs off leash there every day.

Catherine Brown, 91原创