Is Trudeau ready to get tough with China?

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Originally Posted by Birdbuff

I think Canada should be looking at many other trading partners to be rid of China once and for all. Or pump some money back into the manufacturing industry and try to be a little more self sufficient.

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Yes. Manufacturing is huge and this is how Canada & the U.S. operated until recently. There will be a short term adjustment as we wean ourselves off our China dependancy but there are very real long term benefits.

Marx got it wrong when he claimed labour was the source of all value. But it is the source of much value, and we've forgotten about that by living way above our means and evading unfair operating costs.

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Originally Posted by 73hunter

Wish I’d known that Broil-King was made here. We went looking for a new BBQ last year and I was in a buy-Canadian mission - we did some research but thought only the high end Napoleon’s were made here.

Not easy to do the right thing. I walked into Mr Safety Shoe before the holidays and said I was looking for work boots made in Canada. Got nothing she said, Royer has the maple leaf on the box and their office may be here but the tag says China like everything else.

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Yeh come across a few pairs of boots with the old made in Canada signs on the box, the box was made in Canada, the boots China.

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Originally Posted by Bushwhacker

Yes. Manufacturing is huge and this is how Canada & the U.S. operated until recently. There will be a short term adjustment as we wean ourselves off our China dependancy but there are very real long term benefits.

Marx got it wrong when he claimed labour was the source of all value. But it is the source of much value, and we've forgotten about that by living way above our means and evading unfair operating costs.

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Speaking of boots and shoes, I have an aunt who worked at the Brown Shoe factory in Perth for decades until they shut the facility down and moved overseas.
It was a blow to the local economy. Need a return to "Made in Canada"

"While the company plans to continue to operate its distribution center in Perth, which also is home to its Canadian wholesale headquarters, it will no longer own manufacturing facilities in North America. This move also follows the Company's December 2002 closing of its Stirling, Ontario manufacturing facility."

https://sgbonline.com/brown-shoe-com...ring-facility/

73hunter

Not easy to do the right thing. I walked into Mr Safety Shoe before the holidays and said I was looking for work boots made in Canada. Got nothing she said, Royer has the maple leaf on the box and their office may be here but the tag says China like everything else.[/QUOTE]

https://tatra.ca/

Neighbor used to work there. Website says made in Canada. Factory in Dunnville Ontario

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Originally Posted by cramadog2

73hunter

Not easy to do the right thing. I walked into Mr Safety Shoe before the holidays and said I was looking for work boots made in Canada. Got nothing she said, Royer has the maple leaf on the box and their office may be here but the tag says China like everything else.

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https://tatra.ca/

Neighbor used to work there. Website says made in Canada. Factory in Dunnville Ontario[/QUOTE]

Baffin boots are made in Canada also, warmest and longest lasting boot I've ever owned.

My Saute-Mouton are getting thin in the tread and I will likely need to spend a couple dollars on the insole... but it is their 3rd winter, the Kamik boots boots have lasted a couple years atleast, the spare pair I got on a good sale last year I noticed I hadn't even taken the tag off yet since the older ones were still good. Quality or bulk, buy one pair that lasts a few years or a new pair each year seems to be the choices.... all my boots say "Made in Canada". Hence the thread....
https://www.oodmag.com/community/sho...=1#post1134421