NDP Leader David Eby picked a curious target when he took on grocery billionaires and followed up with the promise of a new tax for high-income earners.
Billionaires, particularly U.S. ones, have established a pretty miserable reputation for that income bracket in recent years. So it’s easy to understand a politician wanting to score points off them.
But Eby singled out Jimmy Pattison — founder and owner of Jim Pattison Group, which owns Save-On-Foods — during a tough-talking outline of his new plan to intervene in the food industry to curb profits.
Maybe there is no such thing as a popular billionaire, but Pattison is likely the least-offensive billionaire
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