Buy locally or apply to Wal-Mart for welfare…
Last night, at the Ralph Thorton Centre, a depressing but quite possibly real future was presented for our community:
- empty (more) storefronts on Danforth, Gerrard, Queen St.E.
- the vibrancy of our community hitting all new lows.
- the average wage in the retail sector falling. Local entrepreneurs of all ethnic groups forced out of business. More pressure on government for social assistance.
- growing numbers of working-poor people who can only afford to shop at Wal-Mart.
- we can’t see them but exploited children and adults, in far corners of the world, work for pennies fabricating the items for sale at “everyday low prices”. We can’t see it, but tonnes of carbon are emitted to bring these items here.
- thousands of cars, bringing their carbon and noxious emissions, to our lovely waterfront in the Portlands.
see www.waltown.com
If you dispute the above, then please explain how ‘is our community different from many hundreds of others in North America and thousands around the world?’
One answer is that together we will force politicians at all levels of government to hear our voices, to see the big picture, say “no thank you”
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