North West Co. denies claims made in potential lawsuit – Nunatsiaq News

Feb 20, 2025

Group asks Manitoba court to certify class action lawsuit

The North West Co. has been accused of misusing federal subsidies that were supposed to bring down grocery prices in the North, which the company says isn’t true.

Last week, lawyers representing multiple current and former residents of Nunavut filed documents in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench asking that a class action lawsuit be certified.

The plaintiffs claim that North West Co., a Winnipeg-based multinational grocery and retail company which operates stores in northern communities, in western provinces and in northern territories, kept portions of funding that it had received from the federal Nutrition North Canada program.