Hunting wool jacket made in Canada
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While i was looking on the web site of Johnson woollen mills, i found a page where you can buy fabric by the yard and they have 24 oz 100% wool and 85% wool /15% other for a 20 oz fabric
https://www.johnsonwoolenmills.com/products/wool-fabric-by-the-yard-60-red-black-2-buffalo
https://www.johnsonwoolenmills.com/products/wool-fabric-by-the-yard-32-bright-red-black-muted-plaid
https://www.johnsonwoolenmills.com/products/wool-fabric-by-the-yard-60-red-black-2-buffalo
https://www.johnsonwoolenmills.com/products/wool-fabric-by-the-yard-32-bright-red-black-muted-plaid
The reason we can’t make stuff like this in Canada isn’t the cost of labour. It is the availability. There aren’t enough Canadians who want to work in a clothing factory to be able to do it.
If someone wanted to start a company manufacturing coats in Canada and say they needed to hire 60 people at $25 an hour, they would never be able to fill all those positions in any Canadian city. They would have a high turnover rate essentially just as they get people trained the people are leaving because they found a physically easier job or a higher paying one. There is a non union flooring factory here that has this problem. Basically once the people get good at what they do they go find a better paying job and the local factory gets stuck with the guys who don’t have drivers licences and only have one option for a company they can walk to. They are always hiring
Everyone who says buy Canadian to support Canadian workers needs to realize there really aren’t that many Canadians out there looking for work.
If someone wanted to start a company manufacturing coats in Canada and say they needed to hire 60 people at $25 an hour, they would never be able to fill all those positions in any Canadian city. They would have a high turnover rate essentially just as they get people trained the people are leaving because they found a physically easier job or a higher paying one. There is a non union flooring factory here that has this problem. Basically once the people get good at what they do they go find a better paying job and the local factory gets stuck with the guys who don’t have drivers licences and only have one option for a company they can walk to. They are always hiring
Everyone who says buy Canadian to support Canadian workers needs to realize there really aren’t that many Canadians out there looking for work.
Arc'teryx on the Lower Mainland pays 18.50 to start then 18.50-20 per hour after 3 months training for industrial sewing machine operators.
Mainly immigrants (Chinese in this case). They don't even need to speak English.
https://jobs.lever.co/arcteryx.com/3d40bf48-4a68-4a00-87b7-31802da1f024
It’s that way in a lot of industries. I don’t like to generalize but normally the guys saying we need to make everything in Canada are the same people who are against increasing immigration.
A little update on the subject. I received the vest ordered from LL Bean Canada, a 2x Tall. Obviously, it's too short for me, so it will be returned. But even if it would have made me, I would have returned it anyway because there is no lining inside and the zipper is made of metal and too small for me. On the other hand, the jacket is 85% wool and 15% nylon.
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Like Eddie Bauer, quite a retail tragedy. They opened a store here a short while ago- I just walked around it in a circle and left again, and this is a store I used to drive 2 days to get to when there was only the one outlet in Freeport, Maine. Even their Bean Boots are affected, the last pair I bought, late 1990s, leaked like sieves and I called the Canadian office and told them to stop sending me their sale catalogues (they never found me worthy of the main one, saying a relative in my hometown was getting one).
I also find that moths, which I have, are not interested in 80/20 blends. I only want 100% when it's directly in contact with my skin, like merino underwear or the very refined Stanfield's wool long johns that Eaton's used to sell.
That looks like it was really good stuff, really good, but I don't believe Trump when he says Ukraine started the war, lol. Speaking of which I'm not so sure Canada Customs will allow Russian products in these days. And then, if something didn't fit, doing a return and getting a refund would be one heck of an undertaking. I will add that Big Bill has sold me some really excellent wool stuff, but I stopped getting ads from them and was assuming they'd gone out of business....
As Steiner said, Anian (when on sale) is a Canadian option. A year ago I scored a field coat for 50% off. The styling is borderline urban/hipster but otherwise a decent fit, comfortable and practical. I definitely wouldn't have bought one for $300 though.
About Big Bill again- I see they stopped advertising on Facebook, where they were swamping me with their ads, but one of new Buy Canadian sites has relocated them for me so I'll be keeping an eye on them from my end, LOL. If the mountain won't come to Mohamed...
I have that same jacket in the green cammo.
I wish I picked one size smaller.
Have the pants as well.
Warm stuff.
