They dictate all sorts of things in this country. Interest rates, minimum wage, licenses, vending, sales, ownership, mass immigration etc. etc. Canada is far, far away from a free market.
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In Asia for example there are millions of people mostly women who work in food markets, providing cheap and good food to millions more people. But here that is completely banned due to regulation. It goes on and on. In Asia you won't find mass immigration  or foreign ownership too much anyways.