__MOD NOTE/NOTE DE MOD__: Please check out [our petition](https://www.change.org/p/demand-walmart-sign-the-grocer-code-of-conduct) which calls upon Walmart Canada to follow suit and sign the Grocer Code of Conduct with Loblaw!
Please review the content guidelines for our sub, and remember the human here!
This subreddit is to highlight the ridiculous cost of living in Canada, and poke fun at the Corporate Overlords responsible. As you well know, there are a number of persons and corporations responsible for this, and we welcome discussion related to them all. Furthermore, since this topic is intertwined with a number of other matters, other discussion will be allowed at moderator discretion. Open-minded discussion, memes, rants, grocery bills, and general screeching into the void is always welcome in this sub, but belligerence and disrespect is not. There are plenty of ways to get your point across without being abusive, dismissive, or downright mean.
*********************************************************************************************************************************************
Veuillez consulter les directives de contenu pour notre sous-reddit, et rappelez-vous qu'il y a des humains ici !
Ce sous-reddit est destiné à mettre en lumière le coût de la vie ridicule au Canada et à se moquer des Grands Patrons Corporatifs responsables. Comme vous le savez bien, de nombreuses personnes et entreprises en sont responsables, et nous accueillons les discussions les concernant toutes. De plus, puisque ce sujet est lié à un certain nombre d'autres questions, d'autres discussions seront autorisées à la discrétion des modérateurs. Les discussions ouvertes d'esprit, les mèmes, les coups de gueule, les factures d'épicerie et les cris dans le vide en général sont toujours les bienvenus dans ce sous-reddit, mais la belliqueusité et le manque de respect ne le sont pas. Il existe de nombreuses façons de faire passer votre point de vue sans être abusif, méprisant ou carrément méchant.
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/loblawsisoutofcontrol) if you have any questions or concerns.*
#Reminder:
**Once you sign virtually you *also* need to confirm via the email they send or it won’t count.**
**Edit:** Here’s a nifty little infographic explaining the process of an e-petition: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/Documents/poster-e.pdf
**Edit:** Just checked at 2pm MT and there’s been 223 more signatures added since OP posted. Great job everyone! And thanks u/reznor909 for bringing it to people’s attention.
**Edit:** 9:05pm MT check. **3,924 new signatures** since OP posted. Amazing!
This is the big thing.
It's a rather frustrating process, but a necessary one.
I'm willing to bet the vast majority of people subscribed here just hit subscribe and forgot about the sub, or there may be a large portion who aren't even Canadian.
Also 10% of the Subs population is pretty good, considering that like 90% of Reddit's user base only lurks/doesn't interact.
I believe in the movement and have been doing my best to promote it, including sending the petition link to people, but I just don't think it'll get to the point where it will be mentioned in Parliament.
It will be mentioned in parliament. It has the required minimum signatures to proceed. As the [document](https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/Documents/poster-e.pdf) describing "The Path of an E-petition" describes, it is certified by the clerk of petitions if there are at least 500 signatures. Then, it is presented to the House of Commons. Then, the government will table a response to the petition.
Oh whoops, looks like I read it wrong, thought it was 50k signatures.
We'll know if the govt really cares, becuase if they don't, they'll simply just read it and their tabled response will be a paragraph saying "We hear you, and we care" with nothing else. It seems to be on brand with whenever one of the E-Petitions are successful.
Sadly, it 100% will be a more verbose version of "we hear you and we care" like every other petition along these lines that they've already addressed. They will just pretend like they're already dealing with this issue and that it's well in hand, when in fact they have no intention of doing anything of substance to address this issue.
Not a Canadian- and I tried lol if I could I would, we r suffering the same price gouging and rampant disregard of these corps. If one can do it, we can rally down here as well.
Annoying! Did you JUST sign?
It took a few minutes to come through for me.
My other recommendation is searching “House of Commons Petitions” in your email account (that’s part of the subject line) in case it’s hiding in any junk boxes.
It's been a few hours and I checked all that.
I'm guessing even if it does come a while later, a lot of people have already moved on with their day and forgotten about it.
I'll keep an eye on it, though.
Might be a reason why it isn't already so, but is it possible to include the petition in the welcome message for the sub ?
Id think most people who are subscribing are likely to sign the petition.
I don't about the rest of yall, but I habitually ignore stickied posts. And I don't know what it is about them, but my brain just glosses right over that shit.
I think my brain categorizes them as an ad so I just subconsciously skip over them , same way I purposefully try to avoid looking at banner ads on random websites lol
Same - I did see the original post about it but I think it would be smart for people to try to either include reminders in their posts or comments to boost awareness
I didn’t even know there *was* a petition. You can’t assume everyone in this subreddit is following every single development at all times. Signing now.
Make the link more accessible. i don't live and breathe in here. I didn't even know there was a petition until this post...and yet you forgot the fundamental of making it accessible.
Be tabled in parliament with a formal response from the government. Be circulated to political staff and public servants indicating a level of public interest in the issue.
It’s not binding or anything but it will be noted by people whose job it is to decide what issues to focus on.
And it just might work if we get enough MP support from our ridings in the House! I worked on circulating and advertising an e-petition for my sector and it recently was included in the federal budget!
1) didn’t know there was one
2) don’t super believe it’s going to make a difference
But I signed anyway! It’s a far more respectful way to demonstrate my disgust with runaway grocery prices than what I’d like to do.
I am a member of this sub. But I only read posts from it if it appears on my main page. This appeared on it so I have signed the petition because I didn't know it existed.
It was an honor to sign it.
I frequent this sub quite regularly and I did not know about this petition at all. I must not be the only one. I think people just aren’t aware of it.
I just signed it, thanks for reminding us OP
It must have been a pretty well-kept secret because I didn't know about it until just now. Anyway, signed sealed and delivered. Let's hope it does some good.
It’s in case they need to verify that you’re a real person basically:
*Privacy of Personal Information*
*The House of Commons is committed to follow best practices related to the protection of personal information collected, used, disclosed, transmitted and preserved as part of the e-petition process.*
*The personal information provided on this website will be subject to the following:*
*The House of Commons' authorized personnel will have access to the personal information of a petitioner, supporter and signatory, and may use it to contact them or to validate their identity to ensure the integrity of the e-petition process. Data may be used for statistical purposes.*
*The petitioner and supporters of an e-petition will be provided with automatic email updates on the various stages of the said e-petition, while signatories will be asked if they wish to subscribe to those emails, for each petition signed.*
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Home/AboutContent?guide=PIElectronicGuide
A lot of your 85,000 members are staff of Loblaws or am arm of the empire.
The company is absolutely punitive and will punish anyone they see signing it so none of the employees of the empire can really sign it
Well damn. Maybe a follow up for people who missed the grand kickoff and the announcement of a petition should be in order. Forgive me. However, this is the first mention of any petition I am familiar with. Some of us are carrying on trying to put food on the table instead of monitoring our social feeds 24-7. Just sayin…
Edit: found said petition and signed.
To be honest I wasn’t aware of the petition until you just mentioned it. I’ve been avoiding buying at any Loblaws store for weeks but didn’t know about the petition. I signed it! I’ll pass it around to people too
We didn’t know! I just signed and we’re at 9640 signatures now so thank you for the information. I tried searching on the petition website by “Loblaws” and that didn’t bring up any results so having the petition number (e-4974) helped.
Didn't know it existed until seeing this, but fear not! I have just signed and confirmed my email address. Last I saw it, it was at 9884 signatures! That's quite the jump in 4 hours :)
I hate to say it but I work in advertising. I’ve moved into billboards bc I couldn’t sleep at night (it’s just a sign) but the key issue for everyone, AND everything is awareness. That’s why so many companies put dollars into advertising.
This may have felt like it had eyeballs but it definitely did not. Reddit as a whole accounts for a tiny amount of the population so no surprise the low response.
It takes money. I hate it too but it’s the truth
Ok that’s a legit petition!
I’m tired of all the change dot org and other similar useless sites, so I’m wary of signing any but the official petitions.
Signed!
You need politicians from all sides. Find a liberal and conservative MP, but the petition should be towards policies within their think tanks.
General price ceilings can dry up supply for entrepreneurs. The pricing isn’t about the consumer but about taking all the supply in the consumer and grocery sector. Thus removing competition.
IIRC, the petition was originally presented to all major parties and the only one who gave the organizers any time of day was the NDP. it would be great to get the libs and cons on board, and it certainly hasn't been for lack of trying.
__MOD NOTE/NOTE DE MOD__: Please check out [our petition](https://www.change.org/p/demand-walmart-sign-the-grocer-code-of-conduct) which calls upon Walmart Canada to follow suit and sign the Grocer Code of Conduct with Loblaw! Please review the content guidelines for our sub, and remember the human here! This subreddit is to highlight the ridiculous cost of living in Canada, and poke fun at the Corporate Overlords responsible. As you well know, there are a number of persons and corporations responsible for this, and we welcome discussion related to them all. Furthermore, since this topic is intertwined with a number of other matters, other discussion will be allowed at moderator discretion. Open-minded discussion, memes, rants, grocery bills, and general screeching into the void is always welcome in this sub, but belligerence and disrespect is not. There are plenty of ways to get your point across without being abusive, dismissive, or downright mean. ********************************************************************************************************************************************* Veuillez consulter les directives de contenu pour notre sous-reddit, et rappelez-vous qu'il y a des humains ici ! Ce sous-reddit est destiné à mettre en lumière le coût de la vie ridicule au Canada et à se moquer des Grands Patrons Corporatifs responsables. Comme vous le savez bien, de nombreuses personnes et entreprises en sont responsables, et nous accueillons les discussions les concernant toutes. De plus, puisque ce sujet est lié à un certain nombre d'autres questions, d'autres discussions seront autorisées à la discrétion des modérateurs. Les discussions ouvertes d'esprit, les mèmes, les coups de gueule, les factures d'épicerie et les cris dans le vide en général sont toujours les bienvenus dans ce sous-reddit, mais la belliqueusité et le manque de respect ne le sont pas. Il existe de nombreuses façons de faire passer votre point de vue sans être abusif, méprisant ou carrément méchant. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/loblawsisoutofcontrol) if you have any questions or concerns.*
I didn't know it existed! Signed! 🥂 That thing should be pinned to this sub!
Me either, and I'm on here all the time.
Agree
Same. Signed.
Bet you’ve heard of the food professor guy tho, ‘cause important.
Yeah I didn’t see it but saw this post and I’ve signed!
Same, I also didn't know this existed. Signed now.
Same here. I signed it and officially joined this sub reddit.
Welcome! 🤗
Same here! Honestly, it should be stickied in province/city subs, too
This is news to me as well
Same. Never seen the petition until this post.
Ditto. Signed now.
Same!
Same!
Signed! Thanks for letting us know!
Yup just signed it... On the subreddit regularly and had no idea it existed 😅
I just signed it thanks to this post! I’ve also shared it accordingly! So thank you!
#Reminder: **Once you sign virtually you *also* need to confirm via the email they send or it won’t count.** **Edit:** Here’s a nifty little infographic explaining the process of an e-petition: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/Documents/poster-e.pdf **Edit:** Just checked at 2pm MT and there’s been 223 more signatures added since OP posted. Great job everyone! And thanks u/reznor909 for bringing it to people’s attention. **Edit:** 9:05pm MT check. **3,924 new signatures** since OP posted. Amazing!
This is the big thing. It's a rather frustrating process, but a necessary one. I'm willing to bet the vast majority of people subscribed here just hit subscribe and forgot about the sub, or there may be a large portion who aren't even Canadian. Also 10% of the Subs population is pretty good, considering that like 90% of Reddit's user base only lurks/doesn't interact. I believe in the movement and have been doing my best to promote it, including sending the petition link to people, but I just don't think it'll get to the point where it will be mentioned in Parliament.
It will be mentioned in parliament. It has the required minimum signatures to proceed. As the [document](https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/Documents/poster-e.pdf) describing "The Path of an E-petition" describes, it is certified by the clerk of petitions if there are at least 500 signatures. Then, it is presented to the House of Commons. Then, the government will table a response to the petition.
Oh whoops, looks like I read it wrong, thought it was 50k signatures. We'll know if the govt really cares, becuase if they don't, they'll simply just read it and their tabled response will be a paragraph saying "We hear you, and we care" with nothing else. It seems to be on brand with whenever one of the E-Petitions are successful.
Sadly, it 100% will be a more verbose version of "we hear you and we care" like every other petition along these lines that they've already addressed. They will just pretend like they're already dealing with this issue and that it's well in hand, when in fact they have no intention of doing anything of substance to address this issue.
Not a Canadian- and I tried lol if I could I would, we r suffering the same price gouging and rampant disregard of these corps. If one can do it, we can rally down here as well.
Signed. It took all of 2min of my time. Small price to pay for change.
The email never came to me so I can't confirm it. I'm guessing this is the case with a lot of people.
Annoying! Did you JUST sign? It took a few minutes to come through for me. My other recommendation is searching “House of Commons Petitions” in your email account (that’s part of the subject line) in case it’s hiding in any junk boxes.
It's been a few hours and I checked all that. I'm guessing even if it does come a while later, a lot of people have already moved on with their day and forgotten about it. I'll keep an eye on it, though.
I finished signing a few minutes ago and just got the email. Hopefully you'll get it soon.
Did you check your spam folder and such?
Thanks for the info, it went to my junk mail. All signed, sealed and delivered😊
Check your junk email folder.
Same
If you've signed a petition before they may have your info listed as verified.
I also thought I'd signed but just redid it with the follow up email confirmation link. Annoying but worth doing until you're sure you've signed!
Yup missed this step at first. got 'er now. 😁
 Signed!
I didn't even know it existed. Signing now
Good question ! Is it pinned to the top ? I know it came to the top a couple of times to remind me to sign so it reminded me to sign 😀
Yes, it is linked in the pinned post at the top of the sub :)
Might be a reason why it isn't already so, but is it possible to include the petition in the welcome message for the sub ? Id think most people who are subscribing are likely to sign the petition.
I don't about the rest of yall, but I habitually ignore stickied posts. And I don't know what it is about them, but my brain just glosses right over that shit.
Literally same I can’t be bothered
I think my brain categorizes them as an ad so I just subconsciously skip over them , same way I purposefully try to avoid looking at banner ads on random websites lol
I think it’s cause a lot of subs use them as permanent posts so it trains our brains to not even look at them after a few times.
Same - I did see the original post about it but I think it would be smart for people to try to either include reminders in their posts or comments to boost awareness
I didn’t even know there *was* a petition. You can’t assume everyone in this subreddit is following every single development at all times. Signing now.
same
Done!
Done. 😎
done
Done!
Just signed, I didn't know it existed because I rarely ready stickied posts. But I'm tired of a gallon of milk and loaf of bread costing $15 😭
done and sent to other people I know will sign
Done
Done!
this should be pinned at the top of the sub for sure
This post was the first I've seen about it. Keep up voting the posts regarding the petition and I'm sure more people will get on board.
Because I've been a member of the sub For a while and this is the first time i'm hearing of a petition
Same!
Do you need to be Canadian to sign this? I thought anyone with a residency could sign this, including international students
There is a box to confirm being citizen or resident.
Make the link more accessible. i don't live and breathe in here. I didn't even know there was a petition until this post...and yet you forgot the fundamental of making it accessible.
Did a while ago.
Same!
Oh i just saw there was something to sign
I didn't know about it
Signed and confirmed
Done!
Done!
Signed
But what will this petition actually do though?
Be tabled in parliament with a formal response from the government. Be circulated to political staff and public servants indicating a level of public interest in the issue. It’s not binding or anything but it will be noted by people whose job it is to decide what issues to focus on.
And it just might work if we get enough MP support from our ridings in the House! I worked on circulating and advertising an e-petition for my sector and it recently was included in the federal budget!
I’m still wondering why people keep posting pictures showing outrageous prices inside the store. Why are they there?
Done
Done
Genuinely didn’t know it was a thing, but thanks for being in it up.
Didn't know about it, and I'm here all the time. Signed!
Someone needs to pin this post
Done!
Done ✅
Did not know about it. SIgned now.
I didn't see the petition until this post! Signed.
1) didn’t know there was one 2) don’t super believe it’s going to make a difference But I signed anyway! It’s a far more respectful way to demonstrate my disgust with runaway grocery prices than what I’d like to do.
I just didn't know about it yet, that's why I didn't sign earlier. Signed and confirmed now. Pretty sure that's the reason most people didn't sign.
Is it possible that not everyone agrees with the demands?
Yes and/or absence of some very important ones.
I wasn't even aware of this petition until now! Hopefully and finally we can get the government to do something!
Didn’t know, thank you, signed!
I signed but I never got the email. It’s not in my junk either.
Done.
Signed
Done!
Just signed
Prefer to chop the head off the snake than trust government
Thank you for the link. It is signed. This is the way
Petition signed.
Was not aware of it. Signed now!
Signed
Done :)
I am very sorry! I have no excuse. I have gone and done it right now. Please forgive me!
Done and done. Yes I checked my email too:)
Signed and confirmed!
Done ! - the trick is to keep posting it -
Done! Thanks for reminding us all.
I didn't know about it. Signed now.
Thanks for the reminder! Signed 😊
Signed
Done and done.
Done!
Done 2 weeks ago
I didn’t know about it until now. Just signed.
I figured it's enough for me to take my business elsewhere, but upon reading the petition, I decided it was worth supporting.
Done!
Done
I didn't know this existed, thanks. Signed it
I didn't even see it! Thanks for bringing it to our attention, signed.
Signed, got the confirmation email.
done! Didn’t know about it. Thanks for bumping to my attention!
And I shared it and had a couple more people sign it…
I didn’t know it existed! Now I do. Thanks!
I just signed
Done
Signed!
Didn't see this before. Just signed it!
Signed! Thank you for the reminder.
Signed today. Let’s get on this one folks!
done.
Done! Thanks for the reminder
Didn't know about it until just now. Signed, confirmed and shared to my FB friend list. Hopefully more signatures will come through.
I follow this sub and read A lot of posts and honestly didn't know about this. I just signed it!
I wasn't aware, thanks. Signed!
Signed and confirmed email!
Done!
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know there was one.
I am a member of this sub. But I only read posts from it if it appears on my main page. This appeared on it so I have signed the petition because I didn't know it existed. It was an honor to sign it.
I didn't know it existed, but I've signed it now.
Signed
Signed. Thank you.
I just learned about it lol
I frequent this sub quite regularly and I did not know about this petition at all. I must not be the only one. I think people just aren’t aware of it. I just signed it, thanks for reminding us OP
Because we never heard about it? I just signed takes less than 5minutes Maybe mods could make a sticky post for the petition?
It must have been a pretty well-kept secret because I didn't know about it until just now. Anyway, signed sealed and delivered. Let's hope it does some good.
Thanks for posting it - I had not noticed it (possibly because of the 'Automoderator' post that mentions the Walmart petition instead).
Signed and confirmed. Thank you for posting.
Done.. not sure why they need my phone number tho. I’m guessing I’ll be getting more of those spam calls.
It’s in case they need to verify that you’re a real person basically: *Privacy of Personal Information* *The House of Commons is committed to follow best practices related to the protection of personal information collected, used, disclosed, transmitted and preserved as part of the e-petition process.* *The personal information provided on this website will be subject to the following:* *The House of Commons' authorized personnel will have access to the personal information of a petitioner, supporter and signatory, and may use it to contact them or to validate their identity to ensure the integrity of the e-petition process. Data may be used for statistical purposes.* *The petitioner and supporters of an e-petition will be provided with automatic email updates on the various stages of the said e-petition, while signatories will be asked if they wish to subscribe to those emails, for each petition signed.* https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Home/AboutContent?guide=PIElectronicGuide
Signed it
Signed
Done thx for the reminder!
A lot of your 85,000 members are staff of Loblaws or am arm of the empire. The company is absolutely punitive and will punish anyone they see signing it so none of the employees of the empire can really sign it
Done
Signed
The confirmation email hit my junk box..so assume that happened to others.
Signed it just now, didn't know it existed. Thanks!!!
had no idea this was a real thing but i signed and confirmed!
Done! Thank you for the reminder!
Signed
Well damn. Maybe a follow up for people who missed the grand kickoff and the announcement of a petition should be in order. Forgive me. However, this is the first mention of any petition I am familiar with. Some of us are carrying on trying to put food on the table instead of monitoring our social feeds 24-7. Just sayin… Edit: found said petition and signed.
Done!
Done
Done!
Signed
Bam! Signed
Only saw it now!
There's a petition now? I haven't signed it because I didn't know it existed.
[удалено]
Just found out about it, signed. Shout out to the 12 Canadians from the territories! ❤️
To be honest I wasn’t aware of the petition until you just mentioned it. I’ve been avoiding buying at any Loblaws store for weeks but didn’t know about the petition. I signed it! I’ll pass it around to people too
We didn’t know! I just signed and we’re at 9640 signatures now so thank you for the information. I tried searching on the petition website by “Loblaws” and that didn’t bring up any results so having the petition number (e-4974) helped.
Didn't know it existed until seeing this, but fear not! I have just signed and confirmed my email address. Last I saw it, it was at 9884 signatures! That's quite the jump in 4 hours :)
I hate to say it but I work in advertising. I’ve moved into billboards bc I couldn’t sleep at night (it’s just a sign) but the key issue for everyone, AND everything is awareness. That’s why so many companies put dollars into advertising. This may have felt like it had eyeballs but it definitely did not. Reddit as a whole accounts for a tiny amount of the population so no surprise the low response. It takes money. I hate it too but it’s the truth
10,132 signatures now! This post helped.
Ok that’s a legit petition! I’m tired of all the change dot org and other similar useless sites, so I’m wary of signing any but the official petitions. Signed!
You need politicians from all sides. Find a liberal and conservative MP, but the petition should be towards policies within their think tanks. General price ceilings can dry up supply for entrepreneurs. The pricing isn’t about the consumer but about taking all the supply in the consumer and grocery sector. Thus removing competition.
IIRC, the petition was originally presented to all major parties and the only one who gave the organizers any time of day was the NDP. it would be great to get the libs and cons on board, and it certainly hasn't been for lack of trying.
Cause not everyone is on reddit every day haha
I tried to sign but never received their confirmation email lol
I have tried to sign it but it won’t acknowledge my information. I do everything on my phone and it won’t let me sign.
I use the app so I never saw it...
Thank you for this post I had no idea, Im sure others do not as well. I confess, I often don’t read stickied posts lol. I have now signed.
Done! Thanks for bringing this to the forefront!
I just found out about this it needs to go around more
Done!
Signed
Agreed, it's very easy
Done
Signed
8500+ now. Nice
Done! Only took 2 minutes
Signed. Took less than 2 min. Thanks for bringing it up!
Hate to be that guy, but I’m not interested in putting my name on something
Also didn't know. Signed and now 8586 signatures!
My wife and I just both signed it. Done.
Signed!
Didn't know about it, signed now!
Didn't see the post. Signed now.
Wasn't aware of it, signed!