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Brison & Retailers Say It's Tariffs & Duties

Posted on Tuesday, October 23 at 15:37 by N Say
Brison called on Flaherty to review high tariffs retailers have to absorb, noting that while some larger operations can afford to lower their prices, smaller companies cannot.

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Derek Nighbor, national affairs vice-president of the Retail Council of Canada, which represents 40,000 retailers, said retailers called for the meeting in part to educate the minister about the complexity of pricing structures in Canada.

Prices have failed to drop, he said, in part because of high duties the retailers must absorb. Nighbor also notes that Canada's size means it has less purchasing power than the United States.

"As far as the global economy goes, we're pretty small players still. Even some of our largest retailers in Canada couldn't compete with the size of a regional retailer in California, for example. So it's an issue of scale," he said.

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http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/10/23/retailers-flaherty.html

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  1. by avatar tundraboy
    Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:06 am
    More and more we will find trade and tariff disparity, which is just another way for the NAU proponents to justify bringing a relief to the problem. Its a means to an end.

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    Darren Olson
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    "We shall be Canadians first, foremost, and always, and our policies will be decided in Canada and not dictated by any other country." - Diefe

  2. by RPW
    Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:59 pm
    <blockquote> Prices have failed to drop, he said, in part because of high duties the retailers must absorb </blockquote> The feds have finally been "outed" by the rapid rise of our dollar (or is it the spectaculasr plummet of the Yankee one?). Ever since our Canuck Buck took a nose dive, relative to the Greenback, the feds (both Lib & Con) could pile on the taxes, and few would notice under the umbrella excuse of the dollar difference.<p>But now, with the greenback actually worth less than the loonie (and with every sign that it hasn't yet stopped), the feds have to do a quick backpeddle -- because the one thing they will not do, is substantively cut taxes..............</p><p>---<br>"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." <br />
    -Max Planck<br />
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