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Opinion | Canadian Tire has never been more Canadian — and it’s working

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[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 hours ago

Back in January I did a bit of price comparing between Canadian Tire, Home Depot and Rona for the materials for a project I was planning. (I wanted to check Home Hardware as well, but the closest one is about 75KM away, so not really practical in my case)

I was surprised to discover that Canadian Tire had better prices on all but 2 of the things I looked at. And even those 2, they were less than a dollar different.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago

And Home Depot's owner is Republican megadonor, so I avoid it whenever possible.

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 hours ago

Rona is the Canadian alternative, right? Looks like it was owned by Lowes, but was re-established with headquarters in Quebec. Still, it can be hard to know with everybody trying to look as Canadian as possible.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago

Now owned by US private equity according to wiki.

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