Check out this story at CBC. What remains of Canada's furniture industry accounts for approximately 15% of the Canadian furniture market, a market share that's been sinking steadily, since it's really hard to compete with China, where everything is made by Uighur slave labour.
So the furniture lobby petitioned the government for relief. They got it!
While in normal times such a petition would have been dismissed as frivolous, these are not normal times. Indeed, we and our allies have recently concluded that China wants to rule the world. Well, not "we and our allies" so much. Probably more accurate to say we're taking our cues from our betters, as we always do, and if Uncle Sam says China is an existential threat to our way of life, well, slapping a 295% tariff on commie couches is a small price to pay to save freedom and democracy.
So when you go to Leon's next week to pick up that sectional you saw in the flyer last week for $699, and the price is $3200, don't get pissy with the Leon's staff.
Unless selfish Canadians learn to pay a little more to preserve freedom, human rights, and democracy, communism is destined to prevail.
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