聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 There鈥檚 always narrative when it comes to restaurants in Canada deciding not to use Canadian beef and there鈥檚 always two sides to every story. Canada has high standards when it comes to their beef production, but recent advertising tactics by restaurants promote 鈥渘o hormones added,鈥� etc鈥� Which Canadian cattle might receive vaccines or other shots, but the remnants of them must be out of the animal鈥檚 system before it is processed.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, the marketing ploy in essence simply hurts the Canadian cattle industry and is based on bogus 鈥渇acts.鈥� A little research makes this evident. Additionally, when animals aren鈥檛 vaccinated, if they do get sick鈥� then what? Is it not more humane to vaccinate and try to ensure a healthy animal than not vaccinating them and making that animal more susceptible to a disease?
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The other day on Facebook, Brad Wall, called out a restaurant on their policy of attempting to source as much beef as possible from Canada, but that there isn鈥檛 enough to meet their standards. Although he only wrote, 鈥淪o most Canadian beef is below [restaurant鈥檚 name] standards? Interesting, I have always thought it鈥檚 the best beef in the world.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It is in my opinion, but I don鈥檛 think someone of Mr. Wall鈥檚 stature should be calling out a restaurant 鈥� which is why I didn鈥檛 name it here 鈥� because those people who operate a franchise live in our communities across this province, they pay taxes, and they are not the ones making these decisions 鈥� HOWEVER 鈥� they are the ones that will pay for those decisions that higher ups make.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 If a boycott of the restaurant is called for, and people follow through, you鈥檙e hurting local business. So, although I much prefer 鈥淢ade in Canada鈥� products to anything else out there because it鈥檚 supporting our home economy鈥� at the same time we are a global economy. Money comes and goes as products are bought and sold.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, write letters and decide not to go there as often, but don鈥檛 completely write a restaurant off because at the end of the day they are a business in a community, in a province, in Canada and maybe the world that is still a part of the community. It鈥檚 not their decision and yet they will be the ones mostly affected by it.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I agree Canadian beef is the best; I agree that the marketing ploy is ridiculous; and I agree that restaurants should use as much locally sourced products as it can鈥� I don鈥檛 agree with calling people and businesses out on Facebook.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Go to the source. Whether it鈥檚 a problem you have like the restaurant not using as much Canadian sourced beef as you think they should, you were treated poorly at a restaurant, you鈥檙e wondering why the grass hasn鈥檛 been cut in a public place or why it isn鈥檛 being watered, etc鈥� there鈥檚 an answer and rampaging on social media isn鈥檛 the way to deal with it.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Write a letter to the editor asking questions or go in and ask them yourself, but don鈥檛 share things without thinking through the consequences and how it could affect someone. Or, if you don鈥檛 have all the facts, you鈥檙e just inciting others with a glimpse of the whole picture.
