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   Hello Richard!   
      
   ** On Sunday 12.09.21 - 21:44, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA>> One other thing that I just don't understand the grocers   
    AA>> are doing is when they bring in apples from Chile, when   
    AA>> there is plenty of fine domestic Canadian apple brands   
    AA>> [...]   
      
    RM> I assume it is just plain economics. If it is cheaper to   
    RM> import an apple from Chile (including transport cost) than   
    RM> to get it locally, they will do it.   
      
   But why even bother?  All they're doing is spreading out the     
   potential saleability of the domestic product to a competitive     
   apple. Unless, the PROFIT from the Chilean apples is much more,     
   perhaps.   
      
      
    RM> Maybe CO2 prices to be paid will help here ...   
      
   You mean CO2 "carbon taxes"?   
      
      
    RM> The issue is transport is ridiculously cheap.   
      
   Domestic apples make more sense; shorter transport times,     
   faster to the market.   
      
   At one point I was just looking at the cheapest apples and     
   buying those. Then I realized WTF am I doing and not supporting     
   my own country's apple farmers.  Then, I wondered WHY would a     
   Canadian grocer even import foreign apples when there are     
   plenty of domestic farmers.   
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