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I stood behind the customer service desk at work returning a defective Coffee maker manufactured in china. Seemingly the clock ran too fast and the coffee would seep down the side through the seams in the plastic.
"All these damn products manufactured in China, they're terrible quality, they're cheap! You get what you pay for, that's for sure," the woman said as I asked her the reason for her return.
I find it kind of ironic that at Canadian Tire, most of the products- namely the 'high ticket' items- are manufactured in China. With a name like Canadian Tire, one would expect to see the company take care of Canadian business. The quality of the products at Canadian tire is very poor. We have many people come back after using drills, lawn chairs, sanders and the like once or twice before malfunction. I cannot count on one hand the number of power washers that have been returned defective.
Perhaps Canadian Tire should consider changing their catch phrase from "Low Prices Every Day" and consider a new direction involving quality and value for the dollar.
A woman I work with is married to a man who works at the GM plant in Oshawa. Luckily, he works at the car plant, so his job is saved. Sadly, the same cannot be said for 2,600 employees at the truck plant that are being laid off.
Recently GM concreted their decision to shut down the truck plant in Oshawa nd the Windsor Plant has a life expectancy of two years. With the price to fill up shooting through the roof and a Toronto plan to tack on an extra 20 cents per litre on the way, big SUV’s and pick-up trucks are not selling these days.
No wonder the car industry in Canada is faltering. I read that the Car plant will be expanding but will not be employing the truck plant employees. rather, overtime will be given to the existing workers. This seems slightly out of key to me.
Air Canada just laid off 2,000 employees because it has become too expensive to travel. Combined with the 2,600 GM workers that are now out of a job, a combined 4,600 people are out of work while Canada is on the brink of a recession.
How do we feel about David Miller's decision to improve- of all things- Public Transportation?
America has fallen into a depression and Canada is slowing down and slipping in with it. Strange, though, Mayor David Miller is doing very little to boost the tourism and economy of Toronto, the biggest city in one of the strongest provinces of Canada.
According to 680 News, Mayor Miller is focused on revamping Toronto Public Transit. In order to do this, he has decided to charge taxes for things such as gas and weekend parking downtown.
Perhaps this is the reason the car economy is dieing. 2,600 people have just been put out of a job because trucks are not selling. Soon, cars in general will not be selling because it will be simply too expensive- if it isn't already- to own a vehicle.
Car economy is moving offshore to Japan and other Asian manufacturers along with other goods such as coffee makers and other commodities. The Canadian economy is faltering and as far as I can tell, Toronto's MP is blowing kisses and waving to the boat as it sails away with our jobs and profit.
There is no competiton. Competition creates a healthy glow for both economies.
Why, then, are we giving it up?
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Posted by MienKann on 2008-06-18 22:07:36 | Rating: | Views: 32
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