• Kindness is Punk@lemmy.caEnglish
    30·
    9 天前

    There needs to be tighter regulation, in order to feature that Maple Leaf on the packaging at all it should have to be made 51% in Canada in my opinion.

    • scutiger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      9 天前

      Those are made in Canada, with Canadian potatoes, but all the money is going to the US, which is what really matters.

    • TAG@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      8 天前

      What about maple syrup? American made syrup has every right to the leaf, to represent the tree of origin.

      You geese did not invent the maple tree.

      • Mongostein@lemmy.caEnglish
        7·
        8 天前

        Maple leaf imagery can be created without using the Canadian flag, which is a distinct minimalist interpretation of the leaf in red.

        • TAG@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          8 天前

          I was replying to someone who did not specify a “minimalist red maple leaf on a white background”. They said that Canada should trademark all depictions of maple leafs on all product packaging.

          I was also joking. I should know by now that people on the Internet are bad at picking up my tone.

      • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        8 天前

        sorry, it’s our Maple Leaf now you’re going to have to draw a slightly visually distinct one, in a different color

    • ray@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      46·
      9 天前

      There’s no Canadian English either. American English is the only language I see on this bag.

            • Forester@pawb.socialEnglish
              121·
              9 天前

              It’s not random. Source am American that reads a lot.

              Noah Webster, in his efforts to standardize American English, simplified spellings by removing the “u” in words like “colour,” “honour,” and “favour”.

              I spell most words the British way. But it’s gray, not grey.

              • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
                22·
                9 天前

                It’s grey never even heard of the gray spelling.

                • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  3·
                  9 天前

                  “Gray” is the more common spelling in the US, “grey” is the more common spelling in the UK (and apparently Canada).

                • TwinTitans@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  27·
                  9 天前

                  In Canada, there’s a mixture of American spelling and Canadian spelling. I personally choose not to use the U because it looks ridiculous.

            • BeBopALouie@lemmy.caEnglish
              6·
              9 天前

              Wait you hear how us Canadians pronounce Lieutenant. I am almost 70. I was taught in school (Canadian) that is how you spell colour armour and a whole lot more. So easily forgotten things are after a couple/ of decades with our present and eroding school systems.

        • k0e3@lemmy.caEnglish
          18·
          9 天前

          Where did you get this statistic? Sounds like bullshit to me. I have been making it a point to spell it with the Us all my life.

    • rauls5@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      22·
      9 天前

      It is.

      But I tell you, I was excited to see the maple leaf and was ready to buy it until I looked closer.

      It’s not just Canadians avoiding American made products. I make it a point to buy foreign.

      • sik0fewl@lemmy.caEnglish
        12·
        9 天前

        All dressed is somewhat common in Canada, but it’s not really a thing in the US. That’s probably the reason for the label.

        • JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          8 天前

          Y’all are doing great with the boycotts btw, I’m seeing a mix of imported products at my stores. Like one of the whiskey bottled here in the states I’m now seeing half the bottles imported from the UK.

      • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        9 天前

        Aren’t kays or some of them made in Canada. Or is this about the lack of the U? It took me awhile to even realize and I think most wouldn’t. The U is dropped for Canada bir enforced in schools spell check changes it.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    20·
    9 天前

    This sortmof shit should, MUST, be illegal. Hell, make it criminally illegal as it’s fraud. Jail a few CEO’s over this bullshit and see what happens

    • MBech@feddit.dkEnglish
      7·
      8 天前

      That’s what I’ve been saying for years! I’ve been told my whole life that a CEO is at the top of the company, and thus is responsible for the whole company. That’s why they deserve to earn 1000x more than their workers. But they aren’t actually responsible for shit. No CEO gets convicted if their product kills someone. Even if it turns out they stole millions from their workers, there are absolutely 0 fucking consequenses. CEO’s don’t have any responsibilty. They get their money, and if they shit the bed just enough, they’ll be fired, and then hired by the competition instead.

      Want any fucking change in this world? Start charging CEOs with the crimes of the company. The product killed someone? Charge them with first degree murder. I bet every single company will start to follow the laws real fucking quick.

  • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    8 天前

    Why isnt some smart Canadian politician using this? Seems like an easy issue. Easy to dress up in patriotism even. The “no stealing Canadian valor” act or something like. Be a good vote getter as well as good policy.

    • rice_nine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      8 天前

      Switzerland has a law like this restricting the use of Swiss symbols to only products made entirely in Switzerland. That’s why Toblerone had to change their Matterhorn logo.

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        8 天前

        australia does similar, but for all country of origin claims… the key phrasing is “representations to consumers” and “false or misleading”… ie you don’t have to specifically say “made in”

        this would for sure be counted as a misleading representation, and this specific packaging would likely be illegal to sell in australia because it misleadingly represents that the products is somehow from/made in canada

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    8 天前

    Man, the place near me in the US sold Ruffles All Dressed for like 6 months, and they were fucking incredible. Then suddenly, gone, never to return.

  • Deconceptualist@leminal.spaceEnglish
    423·
    9 天前

    Americans aren’t allowed to enjoy Canadian culture now? Should they throw out their maple syrup and cancel hockey teams?

    By all means, boycott American products. If this is sold outside the US, don’t buy it. But otherwise I don’t see an issue.

    • egrets@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 天前

      You’re looking at a post from lemmy.ca. I’m not sure why you assumed the picture was taken in the US.

      Edit: despite the community, it is in the US - see comments below.

    • BeBopALouie@lemmy.caEnglish
      61·
      9 天前

      As far as I’m concerned you now fascist americans are not welcomed or wanted at all. Your child rapist felon president made sure of that. Funny thing, people get real pissed when some diaper filling brain dead pervert asshole pretending to be a president who is being manipulated by Thiel babbles on about taking Canada over. Go away.

      • Deconceptualist@leminal.spaceEnglish
        46·
        9 天前

        I’m not exactly disagreeing. But keep in mind there are probably 120+ million people in the US who don’t want any of this. That’s 3x the entire population of Canada. I would never say numbers alone absolve anything, but you also can’t accurately say there’s universal American endorsement of this shitshow.

          • Deconceptualist@leminal.spaceEnglish
            5·
            8 天前

            Hey man I’m pissed about it too. 120 million isn’t enough. 200 million probably isn’t enough. We need so many more.

            But if you find yourself without allies, that’s not my fault. Europe is sliding toward fascism as well.