• dudesss@piefed.ca
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    2 days ago

    The tricky part is when a company used to be Canadian, or looks Canadian, but is not a product of canada nor owned by Canada.

    The product might just be “made in” or “prepared in” Canada, and on top of that not being owned by Canada anymore because of being bought out.

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      16 hours ago

      Tim Hortons and Canadian Tire.

      Tim Hortons pimps that “we are your national identity” shit so hard while using imported labour to sell substandard product at an inflated price.

      Canadian Tire is still a Canadian company but the products sure aren’t. The time their inventory spends on the shelf is just a layover between a sweat shop and a landfill.

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        11 hours ago

        People should skip all fast food chains unless their locally owned.

        Canadian Tire has a Paderno cookware manufatoring plant in PEI. There is also https://meyercanada.ca/ if people want to avoid CT. Their Frank chips might be made in Canada. But you’re right, most of it isn’t. But still better than say Walmart which is not Canadian owned to begin with.

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      2 days ago

      Yes, they don’t make it easy.

      It is still worth the effort to read labels and use some of the available apps while shopping.

      Alsi, foreign owned but made in Canada is still better than made in USA, if that is the only choice you are faced with.

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        Yes, they don’t make it easy.

        100% on purpose, then the same companies push for “personal responsibility” and “vote with your wallet” movements, instead of real regulation, knowing full well they can misinform us into doing whatever they want