The investigation became public knowledge earlier this month when it was reported in an article from the Globe and Mail, which also said it had asked Sivapalan if he would resign from its board.
Lyona Lunter has been passionate about pharmacy ever since she was a child, when her mother, a clinical consultant pharmacist, brought her to nursing homes while on call.
One Torontonian says she has pretty much entirely cut Loblaw out of her life, cancelling her PC Financial Mastercard and moving her prescriptions from Shoppers Drug Mart.
Health and regulatory lawyer Aly Háji, a former pharmacist and Ontario College of Pharmacists prosecutor, says a registrar's investigation into the pharmacists among Shoppers' top corporate ranks would be a good place to start.
Filed by pharmacist Sivajanan Sivapalan, the lawsuit alleges Shoppers made ‘frivolous and vexatious’ complaints to the Ontario College of Pharmacists about associate-owners after ending their franchise agreements.
