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Comment: I remember early 1990s, when we were told to be more “competitive” (the restructuring) and we were promised less expensive products after the offshoring of our real economy began. At first, the products imported from China or India were less expensive indeed but also low quality, both in materials and design (plastic shirts that did not breathe, 10-cents compasses for schools that did not hold the radius, it took an hour to do your jacket’s zipper and then two days to undo it, etc.)
Grade 8 human geography textbooks in Ontario boasted that Canada’s economy and job market were transitioning from production to “services”. Our technologies followed the offshoring path and prices began to increase. Major services followed – just call your internet, TV cable, or telephone customer service to see if you understand what they are saying. Foreign workers programs are taking over our jobs at lower salaries.
Now, we pay around $1000 for GorTex rain jackets that used to cost around $100 when we made them locally. Zippers are better, true, but winter jackets that used to cost $80-120 now cost ~$400 or more. They are too short, lack convenient pockets, secured zippers, hemcords and drawcords, and are getting “colder” – (read: thinner on the down or other insulation). Sizes are inconsistent and you cannot try them because they are sold online only. Pants with too short rise – you cannot sit down wearing them if you want to have children. Underwear designs are a disaster. I wonder if people who design them wear any underwear at all. Or, are these all parts of the depopulation agenda? To stress us out, make us sick, and mutilate our reproductive organs?
This year, I have noticed increased number of sophisticated scam operations that sell you different products than they advertise and then refuse to process returns and refunds. I have ordered a sweater advertised as “merino” and “cashmere”, and received a 100% polyester one, instead. They refused to process the refund.
Most of these operations hide behind false addresses and phone numbers. Their email addresses are protected behind security walls. They ship from China and want you to return wrong products to China at your own cost. Nobody seems to control it, nobody cares. Deals between governments are made and I wonder what we will get, when they are finalized, especially with countries like China. I can see how our investors benefit from this situation by cutting their cost and maxing up their profits – at our, the customers’ – expense. Unacceptable, Mr. Carney, unacceptable!! Hold your horses and ask us, your Canadian voters and taxpayers, if we want you to continue destroying our standard of living and our markets in order to achieve global agendas like the WEF’s Great Reset. We don’t.
