Are city-owned grocery stores an answer to sky-high supermarket prices?

10-07-2025

A grassroots campaign fuelled by left-leaning ideas led Zohran Mamdani to a resounding victory in New York City's mayoral democratic primary. Policy analyst Vass Bednar says one of those ideas — government-owned grocery stores — could potentially work in Canada.

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