Cephalotrocity

Hot take I know, but I don't think he should be shitting on your pillows.

They aren’t importing the product, only ingredients

That's what I meant. An American product, like say concentrated orange juice, gets used as an ingredient, in say bottled orange juice. I'll edit to avoid other reader's confusion.

Public education and further standards are needed. It’s pretty impressive how far we’ve already come in the last month, so I’m sure things will get better as the industry adapts.

So much this.

I don’t think we’re talking about imported products that are being mislabeled. We’re talking about products that may (or may not) use imported ingredients to make the finished product.

No, they definitely contain some imported ~~~product~~~ ingredients per the company's own definition. We're talking about products that may (or may not) contain Canadian ingredients and the fact you confused this is exactly why I pointed this stuff out in the first place. As a consumer it should raise red flags when companies do this because unless you have their marketing department on the phone telling you exactly what they mean with these non-protected statements you cannot assume anything they are leading you to believe is true.

My only concern is making sure consumers see this labeling for what it is: trying to glom onto the pro-Canadian bandwagon without meeting the only legally protected standards for labeling Canadian foods there are. Your decision as to what is worth supporting is your own, but you may think you're supporting a team of x number of employees when in actuality one guy slapping the sticker on the box itself meets their definition of 'prepared in Canada'. Meanwhile actual Products of Canada or Made in Canada foods are potentially losing out on your support.

It might simply be easier for Farm Boy to list “Prepared in Canada” for those items

You know what would be even easier? Not putting any label. I'd rather have no label than one that implies significant Canadian input for something consisting of "100% imported ingredients". It's also a bad look for things that are obviously imported. You see 'prepared in Canada' for something like orange juice and immediately lose all credibility with the customer standing in the aisle thinking their being duped.

Just FYI:

Look for “Product of Canada”— these items have at least 98% domestically sourced ingredients and production combined.

"Product of Canada" is a legally protected label. Note how the description used on the farmboy.ca website is exactly that legal definition. 👌

Our “Prepared in Canada” products are crafted in Canada with either a combination of domestic and imported ingredients or imported ingredients only.

"Prepared in Canada" is NOT a protected label other than the basic requirement of being truthful. So long as they can say with a straight face something in the product was prepared here it is legal. As such, it could entirely be US but once across the border they place boxing tape over the top flaps of the container and that label is o-tay. 🤔 There is a reason they did not use the legally protected weaker description of "Made in Canada". Because they couldn't.

Yeah I honestly feel like the Green Party will take a hit this election, which is a damn shame. I normally vote for them too, but based on the last provincial election I'm no longer in a safe riding as the conservative percentage jumped alarmingly close to beating the long established incumbent.

You know you've lost the argument when you need to resort to insults. What's it like losing to a 'child' at your age?

Edit: oh, and here's something that might cause your head to explode so read with caution.

You have a fundamental misunderstanding of the legal system.

No, you do. It is an adversarial system. Prosecuting attorneys... prosecute. Defense attorneys... defend. It is the jury that decides factual guilt or lack thereof, and the judges who sentence. ALL of these roles put the furtherance of justice as their #1 priority, or should at least.

If you want to argue she is responsible for some sort of prosecutorial misconduct, I will listen. To say she put people in prison without a guilty verdict and judge's sentence gives her authority she doesn't and shouldn't have and to argue otherwise is a "fundamental misunderstanding of the legal system".

Either way, have a good week.

and you as well.

There's no frustration in my comment. Why would I even be frustrated? I'm speaking plainly about reality. Taking offense to that is a luxury OP doesn't have, and the faster they realize this the better their outcome will be. In my experience working with people in OP's position, trying to soften the message gets interpreted as platitudes, insecurity, and untrustworthyness which only gives them reasons to doubt or blow off the information. No bueno.

Who said life is fair? Like that place you finally obtained after years of searching? Want to keep it? Probably need money to pay for it. Being bitter about it won't change that fact so you need to figure out how to accept it and move on to improving your quality of life. Get an education/learn a trade, get a hobby or 2, make friends along the way and get some therapy from a professional to work on your trauma.

Choosing to be miserable instead of facing reality and working with it will only make things worse for you. Your misery will fester and grow. People will sense it and either avoid you or try to take advantage of it. Your past will dictate your future. I don't think you want that so good luck.