MPs summon big grocery store CEOs to testify in Ottawa over food inflation

Members of Parliament have summoned the heads of Canada's largest grocery store chains to answer for rising grocery prices.

On Monday, a House of Commons committee studying food price inflation called on the CEOs and presidents of Loblaw, Metro and Empire to attend an upcoming meeting. 

NDP MP Alistair MacGregor made the request, gaining unanimous support from Liberal, Conservative and Bloc Québécois MPs. 

The committee also agreed to extend the length of its food price inflation study by adding more meetings.