Canadian companies moving south to avoid US tariffs.

[White_Unifier]

Because we don't have to.
We have the resources and more importantly the moral belief that we can earn our way honestly .

So are you saying that by trading frfeely with Mexico, Canada is unjustly exploiting poor Mexicans?

I challenge you to ask any Mexican worker who's job depends on free trade with Canada whether he would like Canada to raise our tariffs against Mexico.

What are you going to blame his answwer on: Stockholm syndrome?

 

[White_Unifier]

http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?p=2705379#post2705379

Trump weakens the North American economy and then gives himself a thumbs up. He's totally oblivious.

 

[petros]

So are you saying that by trading frfeely with Mexico, Canada is unjustly exploiting poor Mexicans?
I challenge you to ask any Mexican worker who's job depends on free trade with Canada whether he would like Canada to raise our tariffs against Mexico.
What are you going to blame his answwer on: Stockholm syndrome?

Minimum wage in Mexico is 50 cents an hour. $2-$4.25hr plus bennys at an auto factory is hardly exploitation.

 

[White_Unifier]

Minimum wage in Mexico is 50 cents an hour. $2-$4.25hr plus bennys at an auto factory is hardly exploitation.

Oh my! Are you saying that free trade is actually raising their standard of living? Oh the horror!

 

[petros]

A snowmobile made in the Sonora Desert runs the same as the ones they used to make in Quebec but I'd buy Japanese anyway.

 

[petros]

Oh my! Are you saying that free trade is actually raising their standard of living? Oh the horror!

"Assembled in ______"

That is the future of Canada and the rest of the world.

 

[Cannuck]

Oh my! Are you saying that free trade is actually raising their standard of living? Oh the horror!

...and compulsory education.

Educated free-traders. The exact opposite of Trumpites

 

[White_Unifier]

...and compulsory education.
Educated free-traders. The exact opposite of Trumpites

I'm a White natty [White (skin colour) national (citizen of Canada)]. Does that make me a Trumpite?

 

[Cannuck]

I'm a White natty [White (skin colour) national (citizen of Canaa)]. Does that make me a Trumpite?

Only if you’re terrified of Mexicans, muslims, educated folk and free trade

 

[White_Unifier]

Only if you’re terrified of Mexicans, muslims, educated folk and free trade

Oh Ok, you make me sound like a Trumpite's worst nightmare.

 

[Cannuck]

You have to like balanced budgets. Trumpites hate balanced budgets and fiscal responsibility

 

[White_Unifier]

You have to like balanced budgets. Trumpites hate balanced budgets and fiscal responsibility

Oh, I see. I really am a Trumpite's worst nightmare then. White natties unite against Trumpism!

 

[MHz]

You've just reinforced my point. How can two little countries with so few natural resources at their disposal and needing to learn English as a second or even foreign language outperform most other countries in the world?

Obviously the World Bank prefers to trade with countries they have not yet conquered. Trading with us would raise our living standard more than they want it to be. You have to be in the real world to understand, and accept, that.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Damned hard to find Amway around here, now.



sniff

 

[White_Unifier]

Damned hard to find Amway around here, now.
sniff

Is Amway still around? I've read good things about its detergent, bad things about its alleged pyramid scheme. I honestly question the ethics of multi-level marketing altogether even when it fulfils the legal threshold. The dividing line between an MLM and a pyramid scheme is a mighty thin one.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Is Amway still around? I've read good things about its detergent, bad things about its alleged pyramid scheme. I honestly question the ethics of multi-level marketing altogether even when it fulfils the legal threshold. The dividing line between an MLM and a pyramid scheme is a mighty thin one.

It's not a mere "pyramid scheme".

It's a faith.

 

[White_Unifier]

It's not a mere "pyramid scheme".
It's a faith.

A faith of a cult? I seem to have read about that too.

I do question whether MLMs should even be legal in Canada. I remember coming across an Amway store in China. Yes, that might sound strange to Canadian ears; but you see, MLMs aren't allowed in China so Amway adapted by opening a store. Since I had such a hard time finding underarm detergent (I guess Chinese just don't grow armpit hair), a friend recomended I visit the Amway store. It really was a very small shop. Think maybe around the size of an average 7-Eleven. And its main product? Undederarm deodorant for the unfortunate among us who grow armpit hair, apparently a minority in China it would seem.

So if Amway can succeed as a regular shop in China, why does it need to operate as an MLM here?

 

[Curious Cdn]

A faith of a cult? I seem to have read about that too.

They're the "Scientology" of soap marketing.

Red, White, Blue bubbles.

 

[White_Unifier]

They're the "Scientology" of soap marketing.
Red, White, Blue bubbles.

So what are your thougths? Should multi-level marketing be legal in Canada? I don't see why Amway couldn't just open a shop like everyone else does. They could even make it an exclusively online shop if they want to, but I don't see the whole point of MLM other than to exploit the people downline?

It doesn't make mathematical sense. If the way to make money is to grow your downline, it won't take long to saturate the market.

 

[Curious Cdn]

So what are your thougths? Should multi-level marketing be legal in Canada? I don't see why Amway couldn't just open a shop like everyone else does. They could even make it an exclusively online shop if they want to, but I don't see the whole point of MLM other than to exploit the people downline?
It doesn't make mathematical sense. If the way to make money is to grow your downline, it won't take long to saturate the market.

see: Tim Hortons franchises in the GTA