Houston defends changes to loyalty program that Opposition calls 'laughably stupid'

NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Nova Scotia Loyal "is one of the more disappointing and gimmicky campaign promises, as it were, that we've seen come to life from this government."

Chender pointed out that many people are struggling to put food on the table, many farmers are in dire circumstances, and large, national grocery chains are posting record profits. 

"The program that is supposed to incentivize us to buy local and to support our local industry is in fact incentivizing the profits of a national grocery chain," she said.

Sobeys was awarded a $950,000 sole-source contract for its partnership with Nova Scotia Loyal.

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