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Rachel Wasserman, a fellow at the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, said the widening net of private equity means there's dwindling access to information on what these once-public companies are doing.

In Canada, McCain Foods has even more dominance over the potato market, says Keldon Bester, executive director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, a think tank advocating for more competitive forces in the market.

The Agenda with Steve Paikin discusses a new report from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project that argues Canada’s food system is being undermined by monopoly. And while grocery stores have become an easy target for consumer anger over the cost of food, this report says consolidation has occurred at all levels of the supply chain. The Agenda looks at the implications of the report.

Paul Haavardsrud talks to CAMP Fellow, Rachel Wasserman about what private equity is and the buying spree the Canadian private equity industry has done in Canada over the last 15 years.

Dye & Durham Ltd. shares fell about 18%, the most in over a year, after Canada’s Competition Bureau obtained a court order to investigate alleged anti-competitive conduct at the legal and business software company.

A new report by the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP) makes the point that, “Canadian farmers are price-takers trapped in the middle of a U-shaped power asymmetry between the companies from which they buy inputs from and the companies to whom they sell their products.”