Did anyone else get this email forwarded to them??

[skydiver604 0]

How is it possible to ship food from China cheaper -- than having it produced in Canada
or the U.S.?

FOR EXAMPLE THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT
ON THE CAN FROM CHINA .. SO FOR A FEW MORE CENTS I BOUGHT THE LIBERTY GOLD
BRAND OR THE DOLE IS FROM CAL ..

ALL "HIGH LINER" AND MOST OTHER FROZEN FISH PRODUCTS COME FROM CHINA OR
INDONESIA . THE PACKAGE MAY SAY "PACIFIC SALMON" ON THE FRONT, BUT LOOK FOR
THE SMALL PRINT. MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS COME FROM FISH FARMS IN THE ORIENT
AND THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS ON WHAT IS FED TO THESE FISH.

ALSO WATCH FOR PICKLES. A LOT OF THE NO-NAME PICKLES COME FROM INDIA .
BICK'S HAVE RECENTLY CEASED OPERATIONS IN CANADA -- DON'T BUY THEM .

Another example was in canned mushrooms. No-Name brand came from Indonesia.
Next to them were President Choice brand. Produce of Canada!! The P. C. went into my
grocery bag.

Also check those little fruit cups we give our children. They use to be made here in
Canada in the Niagara region until about 2 years ago.....They are now packaged in China !!!!

While the Chinese, export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods
to be sold in Canadian markets, the media wrings its hands and criticizes the Harper
Government for perceived errors.

Yet 70% of North Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese
should be suspended!!

Well, duh. Why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges?

SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF CANADA!!


Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in China '
or 'PRC' (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply choose another product, or none at all.

You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without.

Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter? If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some Canadian farmer. Easter is just an example; the point is not waiting for the government to act.. Just go ahead and assume control on your own.

Canadian Thermos bottles were made here for many years.. Thermos sold out in the 1990's and now the bottles, those that keep our food warm or cold are now made in CHINA .. We lost---about 200 jobs!

THINK ABOUT THIS,
If 200 million North Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that's a
billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favour...fast!!

The downside? Some Canadian businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having
foreign stockpiles of inventory.

Just one month of trading losses, will hit the Chinese for 8%, of their North American
exports. Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness were worth it.
START NOW and don’t stop.
Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are intelligent Canadians,
and NOBODY can take us for granted.

If we can't live without cheap Chinese goods for one month out of our lives, WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET!

Pass it on, North America !! I DID!!

"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." - Michelangelo

[kelpdiver 2]

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How is it possible to ship food from China cheaper -- than having it produced in Canada
or the U.S.?

labor costs usually dwarf the costs of materials or shipping (by boat/rail/truck, not air).

Canada has only so much land for food production, though if some of the climate change forecasts actually happen, there is a notion that the grain belt of the midwest would move north into Canada.

for both Canada and the US, the cost of labor is again key. Technology (tractors, fertilizers) are also higher, though mitigated by a higher yield.