Harpy fixed that. In order to be labeled a Canadian product, it has to have been at least 51% processed, grown, manufactured, etc. in Canada.
Buying Canadian
- Thread starter VanIsle
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Good,because it was real misleading before.
My old man had a hardware store,my mom had the furniture store down the street since 1967,first bussinesswoman in town and sold the first microwave in town.
I still remember all the old foagies on late night shopping night when she gave a demonstration and cooked bacon on a paper plate.:lol:
All her furniture came from Montreal and was quality stuff,beautifull woodwork and she outfitted half the town with furniture,appliances and color tv's for 30 years, but soon the brick moved into the big city's and peeps started shopping out of town.
She had to go VIP and get the same **** the brick was selling to compete.
I suggest that Canada needs to regain some of the economic diversity that the country once enloyed.The low cost of some of the things we presently enjoy have pretty well driven some of the industries down to the point that they must deal with the out -of- country sources just to survive.I'm all for "buying Canadian" but I can't believe that we presently have the infra-structure.
Anyone know of a Canadian workboot manufacturer left? I went to three stores and they all were either china or vietnam. None fit an adult properly and the real size has no relation to what is stamped on them.
You do have a point there. We need to restructure our tax base and invest mroe in education to ensure we can do more than just dig our wealth out of the ground or chop it down or just net it. That's a legitimate argument, but not quite the same as protectionism per se.
Well, I guess it's a matter of opinion. Some belive in buy Canadian, I believe in free trade and buy the best. In some cases it's local, in others not, as in all other countries. I'd seen Canadian imports when I was in China too by the way.
I believe in self sufficiency first,AND in free trade. But I see Canada is too close to the Italian scenario that you mentioned earlier
Mercury Canada
: Tecumsehbrand.com : Not sure if they do workboots, though.
Perhaps you can try Mark's Work Warehouse, too.
Canada West Boot
No, but if we spend all our money on foreign goods, then all we will end up with is selling raw products. And I'm not happy about Canada becoming a raw product source and one big retail outfit.
I like SR & TD, manufacturing, etc.
Taxslave - I'm not sure you will find Canadian made boots here but - have you tried Ono's here in town? It's a little place, on the road near and behind Woodgrove Chrysler - not that far from Can. Tire. I'm sure it's in the phone book. It's pretty much all about work boots.
You mean like selling our oil rather than making gasoline ourselves? Sending our best lumber to the USA? Dumb dee dumb dumb! I agree with you.
Selling our lumber to the u.s. is fine, but it's when the government took away the
ban on selling 'RAW LOGS' to the u.s. that began the ruination of our lumber mills.
ban on selling 'RAW LOGS' to the u.s. that began the ruination of our lumber mills.
