AI-driven price gouging has no place in Ontario
Every time you search something online, use a grocery app, or order an Uber, corporations are collecting your data. Then they're using AI-powered algorithms to decide the maximum price you'll pay — and charging you that.This is called surveillance pricing.Right now, grocery giants are partnering with American tech companies to use electronic shelf labels and secret algorithms to charge different people different prices for the exact same product.They analyze what you search, where you live, what you click, and your purchase history to squeeze every last dollar out of you.Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition and the Ontario NDP, is bringing a vote to ban surveillance pricing in Ontario and protect consumers from predatory algorithmic pricing.Manitoba's NDP government became the first province in Canada to ban surveillance pricing. Doug Ford can too. He just has to choose people over corporations.
Authorized by the CFO of the Ontario NDP.