Do they really make clothes in Canada?

catmandu57

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:13 PM
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Do they really make clothes in Canada?

I just got some new Towncraft tee shirts from Penney's, this morning I looked at the decal where the tag used to be and to my amazement it said made in Canada. I thought all of our clothing was being made in third world sweatshops, when did Canada join the third world?
Damn, that's wierd.

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Cleita

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:16 PM
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1. When I was visiting Canada, I shopped for clothes and

the brands were Canadian so they have a clothing industry there. At that time Canadians were crossing the border to buy American clothes because they were more fashionable, but maybe they are expanding their markets.

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catmandu57

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:19 PM
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3. I had to do a double take

I don't recall ever seeing a clothing tag that had made in canada printed on it.

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Turbineguy

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:44 PM
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10. More fashionable?

Oh-Oh, I have a suit made in Canada. Guess the fashion police will come after me now...

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Cleita

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:48 PM
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12. Don't shoot the messenger.

Edited on Sat Jul-29-06 01:48 PM by Cleita

First this was back in the sixties, and it was the Canadians who told me that they crossed the border to shop for fashionable clothes, the ones with designer labels. The Canadian clothes were more like the everyday stuff that you get in WalMart except better made. It really was.

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Lisa

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:19 PM
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2. there are still some places up here which make clothes ...

Some of my students looked into this for an economic geography project. Food and clothing actually came out pretty high on the list of industries which we still have operating!

But just as a warning ... under trade rules, companies are allowed to put "Made in ..." labels on their goods if most of the money spent making them is spent up here. Given the difference in labour costs, this could be the final steps in the process (assembly and packaging, for example). So a product which is mainly put together in Honduras or Taiwan could still qualify for "Made in Canada".

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catmandu57

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:22 PM
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4. I was wondering about that

If maybe they did just enough work to qualify for the tag, but, how much work is there to making a tshirt?

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Lisa

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:30 PM
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5. I did buy one a while back ...

... where some of the steps (cutting and some stitching) had been done in Central America, and the final assembly was done here. (Didn't explain whether it was sewing together the main pieces, or just putting on trim, etc.)

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LiberalArkie

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:33 PM
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7. I gave up on "Made in America", I buy clothes made in this hemisphere.

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Cleita

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:44 PM
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11. For that to be true, you'd have to grow your own cotton or linen

or own sheep for wool. Then you would have to spin and weave it and then make an outfit from scratch. You would truly have made in America clothing then.

I was really tempted to do a project like that just for fun. One of my neighbors has pet sheep that she has to shear every now and then. I though I would get wool from her, learn to spin and weave it, and then make a jacket out of it, or I could knit a sweater from it.

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mcscajun

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:48 PM
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13. Shirtmaking is one of the more complicated textile 'arts'

Edited on Sat Jul-29-06 01:48 PM by mcscajun

So many special parts; collars that must lay flat, proper cuffs, the yoke (that part over the back of the shoulders), plackets and buttonholes; and yet, once upon a long time ago, wives made all their husband's shirts.

Even if all the parts were woven, measured and cut abroad, putting all these parts together properly IS work. All that said, I think the practice of saying "Made in (blank)" when it really wasn't from start to finish, leaves a LOT to be desired in the area of "truth in labeling".

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datasuspect

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:32 PM
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6. i thought they only made beer in america jr.

eh?

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calico1

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:36 PM
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8. I remember buying a few clothing items

that had a "made in Canada" label on them, though I can't recall exactly what. I can remember thinking, "well, if it isn't made in the US at least its made in Canada."

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catmandu57

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Sat Jul-29-06 02:15 PM
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14. That was my reaction

At least these weren't made in maylasia, somebody is making a wage here. That doesn't sound right, does it?

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calico1

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Sat Jul-29-06 02:28 PM
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15. I don't feel bad about buying anything made in

a country that is considered developed...like Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, etc. because at least I feel its made without slave labor. But then again with these label allowances I hear about you never really know, do you?

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madrchsod

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:39 PM
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9. well i`m wearing....

underwear made in canada....

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LiberalArkie

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Sat Jul-29-06 03:29 PM
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16. I gave up underwear for lent

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