Buy Canadian
A community dedicated to buying Canadian products.
Une communauté dédiée à l'achat de produits Canadiens.
Rules:
1. Posts must be related to buying Canadian-made goods and / or using Canadian-owned services
2. Absolutely no bigotry will be tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.
3. AI Content Policy
Not allowed: AI-generated images or articles
Tolerated: AI-generated post summaries
4. When discussing a Canadian product that isn't available nationally, please do your best to specify where it can be purchased
5. Only content in French and English is permitted
6. Declare all self-promotion
Users are encouraged to report any content that violates our community guidelines
Règlements :
1. Les poteaux doivent être en lien avec l'achat de produits et / ou de services opérés par des canadiens
2. Aucune bigoterie ne sera tolérée. Ça comprend, mais sans se limiter à, le racisme, le sexisme, l’homophobie, la transphobie, etc.
3. Politique sur le contenu IA
Non permis : Images ou articles générés par l'IA
Toléré : Résumés IA de publications
4. Lors d'une discussion sur un produit canadien qui n'est pas disponible à l'échelle nationale, veuillez faire de votre mieux pour préciser où il peut être acheté
5. Seul le contenu en français et en anglais n'est toléré
6. Déclarez toute auto-promotion
Les utilisateurs sont encouragés à signaler tout contenu qui ne respecte pas nos directives communautaires
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Real talk, why does it seem like everything is made in Quebec?
What is the Quebec government doing that's different that encourages so much manufacturing? I ask as an Ontario resident... I feel like as I've tried to buy Canadian it's made me realize that like 80% of the Canadian options for manufactured goods seem to be Quebec made.
Quebec has nice ports, more accountability and cheaper cost of living for the workers.
The ports / shipping access make sense as an inherent geographic factor, but what is leading to the cheaper cost of living for workers? Is it just that Quebec hasn't seen the same kind of explosive population growth? A more rural population? Specific government policies?
Their democracy has strong caps on political contributions for provincial elections, so there’s less shenanigans with politicians playing around with taxpayer money.
The services such as vehicle insurance, telecom, power is the cheapest in all of Canada.
I moved to Quebec recently, and was unable to find a provincial deal on cell phones better than we already had in Ontario. I was surprised, because it certainly used to be cheaper here.
But yes, I do enjoy paying $0.07/kWh for residential electricity, and knowing that it is coming from the hydro dam just up the road from me.