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The CFIA finally backed down and released our goods after being caught in their blatant double standard. This victory proves that they cannot just single out British imports while looking the other way for everyone else. We will keep watching these bureaucrats to ensure they do not try this discriminatory …

September 22, 2007

British Goods are being discriminated aginst by Canada Customs

British Goods are being discriminated aginst by Canada Customs

🏆 Won — 133 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 23 years, 4 months ago
We own a Celtic shoppe here in Windsor Ont. and we import goods from Great Britain and Ireland. In mi-Feb our goods were seized in Toronto by Canada Customs and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Their reasoning is non-French labelling on the goods. This petition is charging them with un-fair bi-lingual labelling practices. We have dicovered by our own investigation here in Windsor, that other ethnic groups who import goods from their home countries are being allowed to bring goods in withou either English or French labelling. This is pure discrimination against British products! We have started an in-store petition as well as the local pubs and have sent it off to other shoppes and pubs of our nature throughout Ontario. We have received fantastic results so far and we would like to have as many Brits help us in this venture as we can get! If we do not stop this, we simply will not be able to import goods from home without plenty of grief! Our local medis has been involved and it has hit the local newspapers and our fellow Brits have responded with great anger! Please help us in this cause, if the laws of the land are bi-lingual labelling, thne make it so for EVERY ETHNIC importer, not just British goods!!! Pleas sign the petition wherever you see it in Ontario and call your local MPP. Weare asking ALL Brits to stand fast with us and show this Government this will not be tolerated!!! This is DISCRIMINATION!!!!! Please help!!!

Updates

September 1, 2007

The momentum we have built proves that people are tired of the hypocritical harassment coming from Canada Customs. The CFIA needs to stop picking on British importers while looking the other way for everyone else. This blatant discrimination ends the moment they are forced to answer for these selective enforcement games.

Reached 100 supporters

September 1, 2007

6 Comments

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Mark Adeyemi
23 years ago Featured

Total double standard. Seen plenty of stuff in shops with zero english or french labels. Why are they picking on the Brits?

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Kevin Sharpe
23 years ago Featured

SO sick of these rules being applied to only certain people. Either make the rules apply to everyone equally or scrap them entirely.

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David Sandoval
23 years ago Featured

Keep fighting this. It is clear discrimination and it needs to stop right now. Disgraceful behavior from Customs.

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Sarah West
23 years ago Featured

This is completely ridiculous. My family misses our favorite snacks from home and this double standard is just plain unfair.

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Ian Guerrero
23 years ago Featured

unbelievable. i was wondering why my local shop was out of stock. leave these folks alone!

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Linda Lloyd
23 years ago Featured

Ridiculous. Let the shops sell their goods. Everyone knows who they are buying from anyway.

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