My colleague requested that in order to get labelled as a product of Canada and be bottled as a product of Canada at least 85% of the product should come from Canada. Excuse me if I do not express myself clearly. What happened was that we had olive jars labelled as “Product of Canada“. But we do not grow olives in Canada either.
When we asked for this 85% content rule, the government increased it to 98%. Do you believe that 2% of the sugar comes from sugar cane grown here? This means that no sugar at all is being made, grown and produced in Canada. So having a 98% requirement of Canadian content seems to be excessive.