Buy Canadian first - Shout it from the rooftops!

By / Par: Andrea Willowcat - St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba

Category / Catégorie: Canadians making waves

I visit the Buy Canadian First website nearly every day. I come to read the blog posts, to write them and to see if any of mine have been published that day. I regularly scroll through our impressive and growing member list and think to myself, how can people still say nothing is made in Canada? Canada makes: cars, fine crystal, wine, musical instruments, sports equipment, vegetable and fruits including blackberries (both edible and technological), books, bags, boats, clothes, appliances, makeup, fireplaces, pots & pans, art, winter boots, diamonds and a whole lot more... even actual kitchen sinks. Maybe we have not been shouting loud enough from the rooftops. Maybe we need more people like you helping us spread the word!

Our mission is to showcase products that are made in Canada, and to tell consumers where they can buy them. Through our blog The Good Shopper Blog and various social media networks, we are building an online community of like-minded individuals who are together driving this grassroots movement across the country. Get involved!

Buying Canadian first keeps our economy strong, reduces our carbon footprints, ensures items made to legal standards and certify fair working environments. Learn about how buying Canadian benefits everyone here. We need to show all Canadians that it is easy to find Canadian-made products and that's where you come in. Whether you are on Twitter, Facebook, Piczo, Friendster or a blogger, tell everyone to buy Canadian first. Demand more made-in-Canada goods from your retailers.

We want you to join us on the rooftops and help us tell everyone about Buy Canadian First! Digg and Stumble our web pages as much as you want. We also want more manufacturers and retailers to become members so they too can be featured on this totally unique website. If your favourite Canadian-made item is not listed, send the manufacturer an email or let us know and we will contact them. It's so easy to spread the word, that Canada (still) makes a lot of stuff! If you are the silent type but still want to help then you can donate to the site and support us. Please visit our Get involved page for more ideas to promote the cause.

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Tags / Balises: Buy Canadian, Lifestyle, Manufacturer, Movement

By BradGiroux December 30, 2009

To every Canadian Citizen

We have a monumental problem in North America that has been ignored for years, to our peril. The standard of living that our parents and grandparents fought so hard to protect and build, is being lost. We have allowed our manufacturing sectors to drift to Countries whose standard of living for it’s citizen’s is far below that of our own, whose environmental policies are despicable and whose governments are corrupt and often controlled by drug cartels, organized crime and even terrorists. THIS MUST STOP, NOW!!! Canadians must stand up and set the standard for the rest of the world. We must stop supporting drug cartels, organized crime and terrorists. We must protect that which our parents and grandparents fought so hard for and in many instances, died for.

If other Countries around the world wish to do business with us, we will dictate the conditions. They must meet or exceed our own employment standards, environmental standards and laws. They must provide a standard of living for their employees that meet or exceed the standard of living of the middle class citizen in our Country. If these companies fail to meet any of these criteria, we must not allow them to import their goods into Canada. We must not allow our standard of living to continue to be eroded. We must protect that which previous generations fought so hard to build. We must set the world standard for environmental policies. We must bring those jobs that have been lost, back to Canada. We must stop supporting the very Countries whose connections to drug cartels, organized crime and terrorists, threaten the very fabric of our society. WE MUST ACT NOW!!!.