Again, the Commons podcast did an episode on this. Highly recommend listening to the entire season on monopolies.
Except in a lot of places there’s no option to switch to an independent clinic. In my area, you’re lucky to even have a vet in the first place. With the exception of one clinic that only deals with cats and another clinic with a questionable vet, all other clinics in my city are owned by the same company!
I had never played any Mass Effect games before playing Outer Worlds. I loved the companion aspect of that game, but it was a pretty short, small game. So when I played Mass Effect, I was blown away. I don’t have the same complaints people had for Mass Effect 3, because my experience was with the legendary edition. Yeah, the 2000 Space Odyssey ending was weird but it didn’t ruin the whole trilogy. I’m now playing Andromeda and sadly not enjoying the companions as much. Hopefully that changes as I progress through the game.
Commons did a whole season on Monopolies in Canada. Unfortunately, there’s quite a few.
Commons did an episode on the telecoms and how we got to this point. Definitely worth a listen if you want to know more.
For those unaware Canadaland has been reporting on this for a while now.
For those interested, Legal Eagle has been doing videos covering this topic which are informative and entertaining.
Do anti-vaxxers seriously think that it’s better a child dies than “gets autism” from vaccines? Isn’t that just truly horrific?