Provigo
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Sep 30, 2026
Ian QuintGUEST
And I did an A&W with, I don't know, three other little restaurants on the side.
Ian QuintGUEST
And in the main center, we had Provigo.
Ian QuintGUEST
We leased to Giant Tiger, Dollarama, Jim, Corbet, et cetera, et cetera.
Ian QuintGUEST
It was
Jimmy ZoubrisGUEST
Look, the thing is that in Canada, one of the – Areas that's the most controlled by few companies is the grocery business.
Jimmy ZoubrisGUEST
And, you know, I remember reading years ago an economist who said, I could be wrong on the thing, but for example, if Provigo tomorrow morning decides to, you know, drop the price of milk in Quebec, well, Sobe says, oh, yeah.
Jimmy ZoubrisGUEST
you know what, we're bigger than you out in the Maritimes.
Jimmy ZoubrisGUEST
We'll drop the price over there and get back at you.
Simon BelangerHOST
the discount brands.
Simon BelangerHOST
I know on the Quebec side, I think they've converted or they're converting all of the Provigo that there were to pretty much Maxis.
Simon BelangerHOST
That's just an example.
Simon BelangerHOST
And Metro in terms of its brand, it's a bit less.
Tom MulcairGUEST
But then he says, but this time around, I'm not going to be flirting with the separatists.
Tom MulcairGUEST
But everybody that I talk to in the street and at Provigo are saying to me, we don't trust this guy to not hop in the sack with the PQ to get some of his stuff if they get there and somehow at least agree to holding the referendum, even though he says he'd be on the no side.
Tom MulcairGUEST
But it was a great moment for Millard to remind everybody that everybody there was on the separatist side at one point during their career.
Tom MulcairGUEST
Obviously, Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon and Ruben Gazelle are still on that side.
Tom MulcairGUEST
Duhaime, like Fréchette, says that he voted yes in the referendum in '95.
Tom MulcairGUEST
But then he says, "But this time around I'm not gonna be, you know, flirting with the separatists." But everybody that I talk to in the street and at Provigo are saying to me, "We don't trust this guy," uh, to not hop in the sack with the PQ to get some of his stuff if they get there and, and somehow at least agree to holding the referendum even though he says he, he'd be on, on the no side.
Tom MulcairGUEST
But if...
Tom MulcairGUEST
It was a great moment for Milliard to remind everybody that everybody there was on the separatist side at one point during their career.