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Canada' s garment industry suffers as investments, skills in the sector dwindle


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Canada is stuck in a strange predicament. As per a recent survey, post pandemic, the country has witnessed renewed demand for locally made goods. Yet, shopping for local products in the country has become more challenging, says a report by Macleans. As per a 2019 report, most clothing purchased in Canada is imported from China, Bangladesh and Vietnam. Though, brands including Roots, Lululemon and Joe Fresh design their clothing in Canada, majority is manufactured elsewhere.
Throughout the 70s and 80s, Canada was home to a vibrant and thriving clothing industry, with homegrown designers like Simon Chang, Leo Chevalier, Pat McDonagh and Vivian Shyu ruling the ramp. The garment and textile industries combined employed 200,000 Canadian citizens. The industry continued to flourish till 1990s, when a whopping 70 percent of the country’s local demand for textile and clothing products was satisfied by demand production. ....

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Why Isn't More Clothing Made In Canada?


Why Isn’t More Clothing Made In Canada?
Buying affordable domestically made clothing isn’t as easy as the “shop local” mantra makes it sound. Here’s how we got here and what it would take for the industry to return to its former glory.
Isabel Slone
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(Illustrations: Anne Cresci)
Midway through 2020, a year in which many people abandoned office attire for the warm embrace of sweatpants, the Toronto-based sustainable fashion label Encircled launched its “comfy dress shirt.” Cut from Modal, a soft, jersey-like fibre made from beechwood pulp, the $134 top represented a happy medium between pre- and post pandemic dressing: relaxed yet still dressy enough to wear for endless Zoom meetings. It sold out in less than 48 hours. ....

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Lobby Wrap: Energy and environment dominate lobbying scene


iPolitics
By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on May 10, 2021 12:03pm
Many of Ottawa s major lobbying firms reside on Queen Street. (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Notably,
EVSX, a subsidiary of Montreal’s
St-Georges Eco-Mining, was registered by consultant Jean-Luc Plante to seek financial support from Natural Resources Canada to recycle critical minerals.
Capital Power Corp. is interested in federal support to phase out coal-fired electricity generation in Alberta and retire coal-fired power plants under the Capital Stock Turnover Plan. The Edmonton company was registered by Crestview Strategy’s Muhammad Ali.
The development of the Lake Erie Connector Projector an underwater electricity line that would connect the Ontario market with the American regional transmission group, PJM is the listed topic for the registration of ....

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