bigbruce
Crew Member
I hope it turns into another Target story personally.
Not sure what that story is. They provide employment opportunities for local people and provide another source for products that a lot of people want to buy. They also provide competition for other outlets which is always good. I'm not sure why people are so surprised when US based stores open in Canada and are forced to price their products so much higher than they do in the US. Guess what, folks, it's because it costs them a hell of a lot more to bring the stuff into Canada than it does in the US. They have to pay higher wages and employment taxes (EI, CPP, WCB) than they do in the US. They pay more in local government taxes and so on and so on. All so we can enjoy all of the wonderful social welfare benefits that we as Canadians have (health care etc) that the folks in the US don't have.
If you want to pay US prices for stuff, move to the US. Just don't get sick down there...