Karl Littler
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Karl Littler said
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“Opening things up in a more diffuse area, rather than packing people into a handful of places, just makes more sense logically, and is supported by the science,”
TorontoStar Tuesday, February 9, 2021 2:17:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“It’s frustrating for us that [the government’s approach] seems to be, ‘We’ll take a shot at anything, and hopefully achieve something,’ ”
theglobeandmail Monday, November 23, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"Traditionally, open-air malls, especially strip malls but even outlet malls, were the poor cousins of big flagship enclosed malls,"
channelnewsasia Sunday, November 8, 2020 9:06:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"Traditionally, open-air malls, especially strip malls but even outlet malls, were the poor cousins of big flagship enclosed malls,"
wsau Sunday, November 8, 2020 7:49:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"Traditionally, open-air malls, especially strip malls but even outlet malls, were the poor cousins of big flagship enclosed malls,"
4-traders Sunday, November 8, 2020 7:04:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"There are more products available online than any physical store can conceivably contain,"
timescolonist Monday, October 5, 2020 8:35:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“The term, ‘perfect storm,’ though clichéd, is not far off as it applies to the PATH,”
TorontoStar Friday, October 2, 2020 3:54:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“The term, ‘perfect storm,’ though clichéd, is not far off as it applies to the PATH,”
simcoe Friday, October 2, 2020 12:38:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“The term, ‘perfect storm,’ though clichéd, is not far off as it applies to the PATH,”
TorontoStar Friday, October 2, 2020 12:08:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“A lot of places don’t have a lot more blood to donate. We don’t see it as likely or necessary, but if it did come to that, it would be disastrous for a sector which has already been very hard hit this year,”
TorontoStar Friday, September 18, 2020 1:06:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"You're looking at about $3.5 billion in sales in the month of June -- that's the latest figure from StatsCan. Not only higher than it was in May but it's actually higher than it was in June last year -- so you've actually seen growth over the comparable month pre-COVID,"
CBC Sunday, August 30, 2020 1:20:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"There have actually been some shortages that popped up periodically. So, for example, there's been trouble sourcing pressure treated wood; there's been trouble with respect to getting cedar,"
CBC Sunday, August 30, 2020 1:20:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“It’s definitely not been received by all landlords with open arms, so obviously that is a concern,”
simcoe Thursday, June 4, 2020 5:07:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“We’re still finding that a lot of merchants will accept cash, and that’s everything from large entities that have multiple tellers all the way down to convenience stores,”
TorontoStar Thursday, May 28, 2020 10:26:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“If you give cash, you get cash in return,” “And so one of the challenges there is that although the people in the store may be very well oriented toward appropriate sanitization and physical distancing and so on, you’re actually getting somebody else’s cash back”
TorontoStar Thursday, May 28, 2020 10:26:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“We’re still finding that a lot of merchants will accept cash, and that’s everything from large entities that have multiple tellers all the way down to convenience stores,”
citynews-ca Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“If you give cash, you get cash in return,” “And so one of the challenges there is that although the people in the store may be very well oriented towards appropriate sanitization and physical distancing and so on, you’re actually getting somebody else’s cash back”
citynews-ca Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:19:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“We’re still finding that a lot of merchants will accept cash, and that’s everything from large entities that have multiple tellers all the way down to convenience stores,”
680news Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:18:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“If you give cash, you get cash in return,” “And so one of the challenges there is that although the people in the store may be very well oriented towards appropriate sanitization and physical distancing and so on, you’re actually getting somebody else’s cash back”
680news Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:18:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“We’re still finding that a lot of merchants will accept cash, and that’s everything from large entities that have multiple tellers all the way down to convenience stores,”
TorontoStar Thursday, May 28, 2020 6:58:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“If you give cash, you get cash in return,” “And so one of the challenges there is that although the people in the store may be very well oriented towards appropriate sanitization and physical distancing and so on, you’re actually getting somebody else’s cash back”
TorontoStar Thursday, May 28, 2020 6:58:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"We're still finding that a lot of merchants will accept cash, and that's everything from large entities that have multiple tellers all the way down to convenience stores,"
timescolonist Thursday, May 28, 2020 6:46:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"If you give cash, you get cash in return," "And so one of the challenges there is that although the people in the store may be very well oriented towards appropriate sanitization and physical distancing and so on, you're actually getting somebody else's cash back"
timescolonist Thursday, May 28, 2020 6:46:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“the cash has dried up and the accounts receivable have dried up and the inventory is essentially impaired,”
theglobeandmail Wednesday, May 13, 2020 3:37:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"We prefer tap for the obvious reasons that it minimizes surface contact. but we recognize that not everybody has a tap function,"
CBC Saturday, April 18, 2020 1:58:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“I think it averted a lot of layoff decisions that were pending this week,”
TorontoStar Monday, March 30, 2020 10:37:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“There’s a lot more e-commerce happening, so credit card networks are doing relatively well in their share of the payments mix, compared to Interac or cash,”
theglobeandmail Saturday, March 28, 2020 3:23:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I believe they may be able to do something to put priority on your delivery if you do so, "
CBC Thursday, March 26, 2020 3:05:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I don't think every provider is going to be in exactly the same circumstance, so they are going to have to obviously play it by ear,"
CBC Thursday, March 26, 2020 3:05:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I believe they may be able to do something to put priority on your delivery if you do so, "
CBC Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:23:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I don't think every provider is going to be in exactly the same circumstance, so they are going to have to obviously play it by ear,"
CBC Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:23:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“We’re talking to landlords, urging them to consider the economic consequences of taking too hard a line,”
theglobeandmail Tuesday, March 24, 2020 9:37:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“We’re getting reassurances from our domestic and North American manufacturers that, as things stand, they’re able to meet demand, and even increased demand in some product areas,”
theglobeandmail Friday, March 6, 2020 1:30:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"We're talking about foods, we're talking about fuel to keep people heating in what can be a cold winter," "You're talking about a lot of stuff that Canadians need everyday. I think it's the responsible thing to look to see what alternative channels exist and if that means collaboration in these circumstances, so much the better"
CBC Tuesday, February 25, 2020 12:17:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“We do feel like we’re sort of getting sideswiped by a protest that pertains more to natural resources products than rail,”
timescolonist Saturday, February 15, 2020 9:13:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“There will be more people needed at distribution centres and in delivery, and fewer people stocking shelves at stores,”
TorontoStar Tuesday, February 4, 2020 4:42:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“There will be more people needed at distribution centres and in delivery, and fewer people stocking shelves at stores,”
TorontoStar Monday, February 3, 2020 1:35:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"We have an interest in the retirement outcomes of employees. We also have an interest in the retirement outcomes of our customers, who are essentially everybody,"
CBC Friday, November 15, 2019 3:13:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“We have an interest in the retirement outcomes of employees. We also have an interest in the retirement outcomes of our customers, who are essentially everybody,”
TorontoStar Friday, November 15, 2019 1:57:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"We have an interest in the retirement outcomes of employees. We also have an interest in the retirement outcomes of our customers, who are essentially everybody,"
timescolonist Friday, November 15, 2019 1:32:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"How easy it is to put in a washroom will depend a little bit on the size of the store and the plumbing and everything else," "That said, for most retailers you want people to have a positive customer experience. You want people to stay in your store. So I would think that in most cases it would make sense to try and provide whatever accommodation you can and obviously emergency circumstances being what they are, I think there's a human side to it as well"
CBC Sunday, September 29, 2019 5:47:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler says
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"Our preferred model is essentially the Quebec model,"
barrie Sunday, July 14, 2019 10:37:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler says
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"Our preferred model is essentially the Quebec model,"
barrie Sunday, July 14, 2019 7:31:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler says
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“Our preferred model is essentially the Quebec model,”
theglobeandmail Sunday, July 14, 2019 6:39:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler says
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“Our preferred model is essentially the Quebec model,”
globalnews Sunday, July 14, 2019 6:08:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler says
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“Our preferred model is essentially the Quebec model,”
680news Sunday, July 14, 2019 5:32:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler says
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“Our preferred model is essentially the Quebec model,”
TorontoStar Sunday, July 14, 2019 5:28:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler says
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“Our preferred model is essentially the Quebec model,”
cp24 Sunday, July 14, 2019 5:26:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“We represent the grocers to be clear … we’re not suggesting it’s an independent report,”
citynews-ca Tuesday, May 28, 2019 9:17:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“We represent the grocers to be clear … we’re not suggesting it’s an independent report,”
680news Tuesday, May 28, 2019 8:35:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"We've modelled it in two different ways and we actually see job growth through grocery and convenience stores around 9,000 new jobs so that's significant,"
CBC Wednesday, May 1, 2019 12:21:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"We have the lowest concentration of outlets in the country — we're talking fewer than 3,000, if you look at the comparable number to Quebec, they have 8000,"
CBC Wednesday, May 1, 2019 12:21:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“It would be remarkable if we weren’t having the biggest holiday season ever,”
thespec Tuesday, December 18, 2018 1:18:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler added
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“No question that there’s more foot traffic, but bear in mind the malls aren’t getting flooded by people moving away from e-commerce,” “It’s not like the volume of e-commerce is high enough that it would completely spike the foot traffic in malls”
thespec Tuesday, December 18, 2018 1:18:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“It would be remarkable if we weren’t having the biggest holiday season ever,”
thespec Tuesday, December 18, 2018 1:18:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“It would be remarkable if we weren’t having the biggest holiday season ever,”
TorontoStar Monday, December 17, 2018 11:48:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"This is a support for the dairy farmers through a roundabout means,"
CBC Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:23:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"When you can't give 100 per cent of the butter quota to processors, but you give 90 per cent to processors, I guess you have to ask whether that is in keeping with the spirit of the treaty,"
CBC Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:23:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“Obviously, that’s a pretty positive development from our perspective,”
torontosun Thursday, October 12, 2017 6:07:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler told
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“If these benefits were truly substantial additions to income, that could perhaps be understood, but they are typically of small value in each instance and even over the course of the year,”
torontosun Thursday, October 12, 2017 3:14:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"EBay in particular has lead this charge to three different finance ministers in a row — Jim Flaherty, Joe Oliver, and Bill Morneau — and in each case they have failed,"
CBC Wednesday, August 9, 2017 7:08:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"eBay in particular has lead this charge to three different finance ministers in a row — Jim Flaherty, Joe Oliver, and Bill Morneau — and in each case they have failed,"
CBC Wednesday, August 9, 2017 6:02:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"eBay in particular has lead this charge to three different finance ministers in a row - Jim Flaherty, Joe Oliver, and Bill Morneau - and in each case they have failed,"
channelnewsasia Wednesday, August 9, 2017 5:16:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"eBay in particular has lead this charge to three different finance ministers in a row - Jim Flaherty, Joe Oliver, and Bill Morneau - and in each case they have failed,"
reuters Wednesday, August 9, 2017 3:00:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“It would literally be an incentive from government for Canadians to shop anywhere but Canada,”
timescolonist Friday, July 28, 2017 7:06:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"The point remains that these are still vastly too high in global terms, so it doesn't dissuade us from our view that whether it be MasterCard or Visa, these fees need to come down much more precipitously,"
CBC Thursday, February 16, 2017 11:26:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler says
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“Know the code. Learn the code,”
theglobeandmail Monday, October 3, 2016 6:22:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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“There’s an obligation for the government to step in and deal with those fees, whether through regulation or the necessary application of moral suasion,” “Our point is that they need to come down”
torontosun Saturday, September 17, 2016 3:14:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"These excessive interchange rates mean that Canadian consumers pay at least $4.5 billion more for all credit purchases each year than they would if our rates were comparable to those in the EU,"
CBC Friday, September 16, 2016 9:25:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"These excessive interchange rates mean that Canadian consumers pay at least $4.5 billion more for all credit purchases each year than they would if our rates were comparable to those in the EU,"
CBC Thursday, September 15, 2016 11:53:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler says
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"failed in the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, and failed to make it into the federal budget,"
CBC Thursday, June 23, 2016 7:21:00 AM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"Some merchants are looking at voting with their feet so that's clearly what's motivating Walmart,"
CBC Monday, June 20, 2016 6:04:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I don't think we'll see the floodgates open [but] we understand the frustrations across the entire retail market,"
CBC Friday, June 17, 2016 3:37:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I'm not suggesting that the floodgates are about to open on this,"
CBC Thursday, June 16, 2016 6:51:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I'm not suggesting that the floodgates are about to open on this,"
CBC Thursday, June 16, 2016 6:21:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I'm not suggesting that the floodgates are about to open on this,"
torontosun Thursday, June 16, 2016 6:01:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I'm not suggesting that the floodgates are about to open on this,"
CBC Thursday, June 16, 2016 5:20:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I'm not suggesting that the floodgates are about to open on this,"
CBC Thursday, June 16, 2016 2:48:00 PM EAT
Karl Littler said
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"I'm not suggesting that the floodgates are about to open on this,"
timescolonist Thursday, June 16, 2016 11:17:00 AM EAT
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vice president | 5.41% | EN | 10/12/201712/10/2017 |
president | 5.41% | EN | 10/12/201712/10/2017 |
vice-president | 45.95% | EN | 10/10/201710/10/2017 |
spokesman | 32.43% | EN | 09/22/201722/09/2017 |
spokesperson | 2.70% | EN | 10/24/201624/10/2016 |
retail council spokesman | 5.41% | EN | 09/17/201617/09/2016 |
vice-président | 2.70% | FR | 03/23/201423/03/2014 |
Names | Lang | Count |
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Karl Littler | EN | 92.11% |
Karl Littler | FR | 7.89% |
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![]() | Visa Inc | 3.70% |
![]() | Independent Business | 3.70% |
![]() | British | 2.77% |
![]() | Finance Ministry | 2.25% |
![]() | Ford Motor Co | 2.25% |
![]() | Olivier Bohuon | 2.11% |
![]() | United Nations | 1.85% |
![]() | Justin Trudeau | 1.59% |
![]() | Chamber of commerce | 1.59% |
![]() | World Health Organization | 1.59% |
![]() | North | 1.45% |
![]() | Ken Hughes | 1.45% |
![]() | Ontario government | 1.45% |
![]() | Doug Ford | 1.45% |
![]() | Alimentation Couche-Tard | 1.32% |
![]() | American Express | 1.32% |
![]() | Mary Robinson | 1.32% |
![]() | Eaton Centre | 1.32% |
![]() | House | 1.19% |
![]() | Reuters Group | 1.06% |
![]() | John Williams | 0.92% |
![]() | Moody s Investors Service | 0.92% |
![]() | European Union | 0.92% |
![]() | Roy Phillips | 0.92% |
![]() | Dave Bryan | 0.92% |
![]() | Rocco Rossi | 0.92% |
![]() | John Tory | 0.92% |
![]() | Wal-Mart | 0.79% |
![]() | Free Trade Agreement | 0.79% |
Type | Entity Name | Score |
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![]() | Chuck Scott | 0.05 |
![]() | Visa Inc | 0.0273 |
![]() | Independent Business | 0.027 |
![]() | Zane Caplansky | 0.0267 |
![]() | Walid Hejazi | 0.0256 |
![]() | Greg McCamus | 0.0154 |
![]() | Olivier Bohuon | 0.0144 |
![]() | Finance Ministry | 0.0117 |
![]() | Ken Hughes | 0.0109 |
![]() | American Express | 0.0107 |
![]() | Mary Robinson | 0.0101 |
![]() | Justin Trudeau | 0.01 |
![]() | Alimentation Couche-Tard | 0.01 |
![]() | Eaton Centre | 0.01 |
![]() | Ontario government | 0.0097 |
![]() | North | 0.0094 |
![]() | Paul Simmonds | 0.009 |
![]() | Doug Ford | 0.0088 |
![]() | John Williams | 0.0077 |
![]() | Ford Motor Co | 0.0076 |
![]() | House | 0.0076 |
![]() | Rocco Rossi | 0.0075 |
![]() | Moody s Investors Service | 0.007 |
![]() | Roy Phillips | 0.0069 |
![]() | John Tory | 0.0067 |
![]() | Pierrette Ringuette | 0.0063 |
![]() | Dave Bryan | 0.0061 |
![]() | Wal-Mart | 0.006 |
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