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Follow the money.

Yup, just like putting Service Ontario into Walmarts….more money for the corporations, less convenience for us. Dougie does NOT work for us. 😡

I wonder how much Dougie got out of the deal?

Chairman of Staples Canada is John Lederer - former President of Loblaws and well-known Doug Ford Donor. #Ontario is a very, very small world indeed. Teachers FORCED to buy supplies at Staples for 5x the price instead of searching for best value OR supporting local businesses in places without one.

Can't wait to see the marked up prices in the required store.

And there'll be nothing in stock.

There should be a disclaimer on this “ Staples “ advertisement. The Doug Ford government own records show that they have consistently underfunded public education & this is not funding public education, this is a an Advertisement & does nothing to address their own records. Shame.

So no elbows up for Calandra.

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At least they’ll be able to renew their drivers license while they purchase overpriced school supplies.

I'm sure it would have been a Weston owned business if only Shoppers sold enough office supplies. The big consistency with Ford is always the crony capitalism.

Google: Staples Canada operates as a separate Canadian entity headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with nearly 300 stores nationwide. However, it is ultimately owned by the American private equity firm Sycamore Partners rather than being an independently owned Canadian enterprise.

Very useful for boards like Ottawa's which start the school year before the 8th.

The obvious corporate cronyism and fiscal waste aside, this just makes every classroom in Ontario a potential vector for perceived (or real) fraud. The Toronto Sun will have daily articles complaining about the appropriateness of these expenditures. Alas, destroying public education is the point.

Seems like the "run government like a business" folks don't know about collective purchasing power.