Sylvain Charlebois - Calgary's Business

TPP2 death knell for supply management, and that’s a good thing

Posted by Sylvain Charlebois | Jan 26, 2018

The new Trans-Pacific deal will boost agri-food industries. But it’s a nail in the coffin for Canada’s protectionist supply-management sectors

Posted by Sylvain Charlebois | Jan 23, 2018

Parent company RBI’s international expansion plans may well be behind the heartless Tim Hortons policies in Canada

Posted by Sylvain Charlebois | Jan 14, 2018

This PR masterstroke by Loblaws has allowed the company to take control of the narrative and dodge, for now, consumer mistrust

Posted by Sylvain Charlebois | Jan 9, 2018

Government generally has little or no understanding of franchising, how food distribution forces play out or even simply how small businesses operate

Posted by Sylvain Charlebois | Jan 3, 2018

Arguing that meat is the new tobacco is sensationalist nonsense, since tobacco is not essential to life and food is. Let the market evolve