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PASSING ON TO ALL CANADIANS…..

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A physics teacher in high school once told the students:
That while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't
Slow a train very much, a billion of them would.
With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously
Written by a patriotic Canadian:

Shopping in Lowe's the other
day for some reason and just for the fun of it I was looking at the
garden hose attachments.
They were all made in China . The next day I was in Home Hardware and
just for the fun of it I
checked the hose attachments there. They were made in Canada !
Start looking...
In our current economic situation, every little
thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job.
A quote from a consumer: “My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed,
though, that it is
marked made in Mexico now, instead of Smiths Falls , Ontario .
I do not buy it any more”.
My favorite toothpaste, Colgate, is made in Mexico now. I have switched
to Crest.
You have to read the labels on everything.
This past weekend I was at Wal-Mart. I needed 60W light bulbs. I was in
the
light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an
off-brand labelled, "Everyday Value".
I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the
same except for the price.
The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the
thing
that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and
the Everyday Value brand was made in –
get ready for this - Canada at a company in Ontario.

Their Equate Products are also made in Canada, and are very good.
Just to add my own experience on buying Made in Canada , I was looking
for
canned mushrooms that were made in Canada and could never find any, so
I would buy fresh. But recently I found Ravine mushrooms - made in
Canada with a little red maple leaf on the can.
A little more money but when I opened the can I looked at mushrooms
that look like real mushrooms, not a mushroom that looks
like it was cleaned in bleach.
Another product I no longer buy
is Del Monte or Dole canned fruit. Del Monte is packaged in Taiwan and
Dole is now a product of China .
Why should we pay for their
fruit when our growers are left with fruit rotting on the trees.

E.D. Smith is still made in Canada... buy theirs, at least you will
know what is in it and have some quality control.

By the way, all pickles with the Presidents Choice label and the No
Name yellow label [Superstore]
are made in India . Think about it, water from the Ganges is used...
yes THAT Ganges , the one that the people use as a toilet.

So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day
that are made right here.
My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when
you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made In
Canada. The job you save may be your own or your neighbour's'! (Your
children & grandchildren, also.)
If you accept this challenge, pass it on to others in your address book
so we can all start buying Canadian, one light bulb at a time! Stop
buying from overseas companies!
(We should have awakened two decades ago.)

Let's get with the program. Help our fellow Canadians keep their jobs
and create more jobs here in Canada .

If President Obama insists on a 'Made in America ' Policy, which is
commendable of him, to
support American workers, we should do likewise.

BUY CANADIAN! Read the labels. Support Canadian jobs