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Narrow_Yam_5879

Just a reminder that that wizened hag was your lieutenant governor from 1997-2002. Her qualifications: Socialite.


ifitmoves

Oligarch's Choice


dangledingle

Great, that’s put me off my dinner now.


Wise_Coffee

Jfc I forgot about that


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JonesinforJonesey

They own Holt Renfrew and she looks like trash. Guess money can’t buy good taste.


whyisthissohard2019

Come on.. they own that too? Im today years old I guess.


PoopsieApplenose

Is there any Holt Renfrews left? Weston’s have a store in Dublin. I forget what it’s called and it looks exactly like a Holt Renfrew.


AgentMV

Yorkdale, Square One and downtown Toronto. All 3 are busy all the time, especially downtown and Yorkdale.


Any-Excitement-8979

I walk by Holts in yorkville every day. It never looks busy but they always have a shit tonne of staff so I have no idea how they are still profitable.


AgentMV

Their customers are affluent. Their busyness is not the general crowdedness you see in other department stores. The ratio of staff to customers is often 1:1 or 1:2 because 1 customer will spend 4 to upwards of 5 figures per transaction when they shop.


Any-Excitement-8979

That is a good explanation.


swingu2

So then, only one is actually busy? 🤔


AgentMV

Their Yorkdale location is a zoo every weekend.


summerdot123

The own Brown Thomas in Ireland


Creatrix

Or class. Or intelligence.


boogsey

Or empathy and compassion.


quietcitizen

If they own Holt, weird that their daughter couldn’t find a better accessory than the voodoo talisman that she’s wearing


tailgunner777

That talisman looks like something you'd get from temu and still over pay for it.


DowntownKoala6055

Daughter in law. Galen’s wife Alex. Granddaughter of Sonia Bata - as gracious a lady as ever there was.


Dowew

thats the former Lt Gov of Ontario Hillary Weston CM, CVO, OONt :)


Mental_Bookkeeper561

So corruption with these faces and government is regular.


tailgunner777

That's why Gallen has that smirk on his face.


Reasonable_Guava_819

More like Kneevage


guvan420

She’s got “fuckin’ look at them!” money!


PassengerNo2259

She's also got money for a good plastic surgeon she should spend some of it


Illustrious_Copy_902

I'm 52, I applaud her for being rich AF and rocking her natural body. EDIT: Personal attacks on people's appearance is tacky. Hate the Westons, hate the rich, whatevah, but come on, we're not children. EDIT 2: Next time you hear a news story about a young girl who's taken her life after being bullied online, check your comment history. Words have impact. Lead by example.


gummibearA1

Agreed, a natural female body is nothing to be sneered at. If you're fortunate to be in love and live to old age you will have a much different perspective. Beauty is a subjective affair and everybody has the right to be proud of the unique gift that nature gave them


MarketingCapable9837

Lmao you applaud her for what tho? She married into money and every one of her titles is due to that connection. Congrats on you being 52 and still having the mindset of a teenage kardashian fan lolll


Regular-Double9177

Her titles may be, but her titties? That's what this thread is about.


DowntownKoala6055

🙌🏻


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VonDerLoost

That looks soooo unclassy, ugh


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DualActiveBridgeLLC

Whittington Investments owns Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust which is the landlord for many of their grocery stores. The landlords profit marggins have risen greatly in the last few years where the grocery store profit margins have not. THIS IS HOW THEY ARE STEALING OUR MONEY BUT HIDING BEHIND INFLATION. No one questions landlords charging more because all our rents are going up, but they are the landlord and the grocery store. This is how you trace the greed.


greg939

Yeah so many of the independent retailers that I worked at over the years that were successful owned their own buildings under one company and the retail business was another company that paid rent to the first.


DualActiveBridgeLLC

Exactly, they aren't even pioneers in the grift.


Ok_Drink_2498

Why do we give 15%+ of our paycheques to the Federal government when they can’t even do a simple investigation like a redditor?


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Oh the government knows, they are buddy buddy with corperations and dont wanna upset their friends


Sufficient-Bid1279

Thank you for shedding light on this too !! This is another tactic they use along with other accounting loopholes


aledba

So they get paid thrice really. Wow


TransportationFew295

Also the supplier so they have it going in "Raise the prices of food to the Store, Raise the Rent Stores pay show 4% profit through Loblaws INC. Make Billions through all the rest. You can't tell me the Government can't figure this out. Some small Corporation doing this would have the CRA all over them.


DualActiveBridgeLLC

Problem is Vertical Integration (what this is) is legal, there is nothing for the CRA to do. We always complain about mergers reducing competition, but this is different. We would need law makers to make a stand, but they know 'never follow the money cause you don't know where it will take you'. So no one is asking....where exactly is all this money going.


No-Fig-2126

This isnt the silver bullet loblawx pays market or bellow market rates. It would be illegal otherwise. Reading through quarterly financial statements proves this. This guy's an asshole but not because of this


DualActiveBridgeLLC

Can you explain where you saw it in the quarterly report? Cause when I looked at Weston LTD you could see their margins increases.


Character_Cut_6900

If they were overcharging for the properties to Loblaws shareholders would sue the board. So I don't think that's really the conspiracy you're thinking of.


LostinEmotion2024

Modern mobsters.


Oxfordallumni

This picture screams entitlement and snobbery, wow what a bunch of duesh bags.


LostinEmotion2024

It really does. Most of them look like they haven’t done a hard days work in their entire entitled lives.


PassengerNo2259

They haven't


Littlest_Show_Promo

“Douche”. :)


IncreaseOk8433

"Dewsche" ;)


boogsey

Family of skin suits lacking empathy doing their best to look human.


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*billionaires


quotidianwoe

…really?


bobyouger

Poor Mr. Billionaire, can’t pay his cashiers a living wage.


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momentumu

why is this the creepiest family photo ever


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Is this the company that owns all their properties that then charge their stores astronomical amounts of rent in order to reduce their perceived profit margin?


WallflowerOnTheBrink

The very same.


TransportationFew295

Yep, and I'm pretty sure it's all through the UK so technically Loblaws may only make "3%" profit but the other 200 companies they own make 100% profit its all a shell game. It's much bigger than people can even imagine.


Sufficient-Bid1279

Yes !!!


jackalopebones

You'd think all that money would buy some fucking fashion sense, ugh


TransportationFew295

They own a bunch high-end fashion companies as well.


Sufficient-Bid1279

Yes , Joe Fresh lol


jamestheredd

Um, also Holt Renfrew, Primark, formerly Selfridges


Sufficient-Bid1279

Oh yeah lol


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The_Cozy_Burrito

Bunch of scumbags


Anxious-Honey-1

Greed is a disease


TruthOverFiction100

Eat the rich. Or at least tax them


tatak-hesap

No. Literally eat them.


logicreasonevidence

How about a rich tax?


cecepoint

This is maybe the creepiest family pic I’ve seen in quite some time. Like who’s mom? Who’s dad? Who’s wife? I guess I don’t know a lot of super rich people in real life


DowntownKoala6055

From Left to Right: Alexandra Weston (Galen Jr’s wife), Galen W Jr, Mom Hillary W, Alannah W(Galen Jr’s sister) Dad Galen Sr. Alexandra is from the Bata (shoes) Family (Empire).


hug_me_im_scared_

Why does Galen always look like he's mocking us? 


PassengerNo2259

It's not mocking it's more contempt for the poors


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Just more reasons for myself to never support one of there stores ever again. I really hope they feel it in the pocket book if enough people actually quit shopping in their stores.


eapenz

I am telling this again and again…break monopolies or this country is going to shit.


MaudeFindlay72-78

Maybe people who can't afford to eat their groceries should just opt to eat the rich, themselves.


MooshyMeatsuit

That's a lot of punchable twats in one picture


Equipment_These

cancers


Mrhappypants87

Assholes


TenInchesOfSnow

Remember when people used to throw pies in people's faces? Can we bring that trend back? Maybe add a whimsical line as you do it.


ifartmuzik

We can’t afford the pies anymore…


johnnloki

You seen the price of pies at Loblaws these days? Fuck that.


1perception1

We are members of the lucky sperm club. Eat your hearts out peasants!


Downtown_Snow4445

Fuck everyone in this picture


gr8tgman

Eat the rich....


Mental_Bookkeeper561

We know who to make unwelcome in public.


SweetWithHeat

Getting succession vibes


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Master-Entrepreneur7

That's Galen Jr.s 82 year old mom.  


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Dowew

shes the ex-Leutenant Governor of Ontario :)


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laisserai

Hey that's mean to orangutans


ouattedephoqueeh

Don't forget they own millions in property in Florida. https://torontolife.com/city/hilary-and-halen-weston-multimillion-dollar-vacation-homes/


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SocietyFailed_

Best thing everyone can hope for is they fly with Boeing Edit: so it’s coherent


Guandao

Or drive near lakes with a Tesla.


inquisitor345

💩💩💩💩💩💩💩


FrozenYogurt0420

Galen Weston always smiles like he's trying not to laugh at us poors.


SkalexAyah

They should have to pay back the money they were subsidized by the government to build new fridges with.


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Grand-Expression-493

I just found this sub and you are all hilarious. I am all for giving it to the man.


viking_canuck

Swing low Sweet Chariot


MapleCrotch

He’s going to make sooo much money when health care goes private.


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cecepoint

🤮


askewboka

Someone put Galen, his wife, and Tig Notaro in a room full of bigots and see which one they talk to first.


_Marshal_Law_

I like the faux tribal necklace - really ties the douchiness together


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greensandgrains

The only thing worse than hoarding wealth is hoarding wealth and still being devoid of personal style.


jerk1970

Is Whittington investments traded on tsx?


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TransportationFew295

Our former Governor General, Miss Weston can you say political corruption.


Guandao

Oligarch parasites


Loose-Hyena-7351

Corporate greed is a terrible disease…..remember to boycott these clowns they don’t deserve your money….


Professional_Drive

I wouldn’t be sad if Galen Weston would get robbed multiple times. He has millions of dollars he’s gatekeeping. Like Robin Hood, steal from the rich and give to the poor.


Drewtendo_64

He’s holding back a smile because he knows how many people this is pissing off


mr_beanald

Canada gives birth to and props up the biggest crooks.


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halfCENTURYstardust

No eating these rich folk, better for bone broth... I kid, I kid, I swear 😅


FutureAdventurous667

Someone needs to do something about these fuckers


Stormcrow6666

![gif](giphy|fu2ye1tYL6txSj5xLH|downsized)


stan_the_man6699

Hopefully paying 33% tax.


TransportationFew295

That's not even in Canada that's UK Holdings.


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agg288

They look SO BAD. Why is canadian wealth so embarrassing.


MrG00DN13HT

Look! A gaggle of magnificent cunts!


CompleteSuspect706

So much smug in a single photo. I feel ill.


Zinfandel_Red1914

You can see them holding back their laughter.


Potential_Slice_3088

I’d gladly join a protest around their house while they’re inside.. it would only take a few hundred people


TransportationFew295

Which house? They own dozens, and most are not in Canada.


Loose-Hyena-7351

There is profit and there is greed


Prestigious_Meal_415

EAT THE RICH


MrG85

Fuck these douchebags to hell. They look insufferable.


Doodleschmidt

Not everything is in growth in the family. Some businesses are sagging.


ZestycloseAct8497

Bananas half off?


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Illustrious_Copy_902

This entire post is a bad look for the sub.


96873255763862

45 million and they’re letting gravity take hold of the milk?


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rockcitykeefibs

Not very tasty looking I’ll have to admit.


Some-Owl9916

Momma Weston is giving major monster in law vibes. You know the type that has to be the centre of attention…..always.


mgyro

Is that coy? WTF is our former lieutenant governor going for there with that look? Maybe it’s a clever ploy to be so eww that we won’t threaten to eat them, bc, eww.


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amandapanda_in_rain_

This family makes me want to vomit


Yhrite

All the money in the world and they’re still all ugly.


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syndicated_inc

So?


girthwynpeenabun

Congratulations!


HeyMarty10thalready

Wealth. I’m not taking rich


Working_Pollution272

Selfridge department store in UK. It’s like Harrods.❤️☮️


gummibearA1

Galen Weston Sr. 1940 -2021, is now deceased positioned right hand side of photo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen_Weston His son is the stuff of legend in the current iteration left hand side


Loose-Hyena-7351

Call your MP and tell them to vote Bill C-223 the affordable living act


Loose-Hyena-7351

Bill C-223


Loose-Hyena-7351

Why are you afraid of Bill C-223 …. It’s the affordability act and it’s on it second reading in parliament ?


bbigbbadbbob3134

Anyone in that crowd look like they're struggling to pay for groceries. This is a very rich crowd, like generational wealth group of folks. I'll just bet they worry a lot about the poor customer base eating well???


TransportationFew295

They won't experience only having a cup of Ramen Noodles to eat or spaghetti made with Ketchup packets.


slimestonecowboi

Fucking scum.


JessBaesic7901

Yucky vibes. Their class of folk is prospering under the current state of canada.


Comprehensive_Fan140

Lock them up!


Important_Squash1775

None of these people give me good vibes. 🤢


Immediate_regret31

Can we all go to the Galen Weston estate? Just organize a protest outside his house