Unpublished Newswire

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been issuing fines for grocery stores that label imported products as being “Canadian” when the claim misleads shoppers. “Maplewashing” may sound like a funny crime, but regulators understand something significant: people care about whether something is really Canadian, and firms have incentives to blur that line. We have strict rules for food labelling because a “Product of Canada” is different from something merely “Made in Canada.” In several important parts of the economy, Canada already recognizes that ownership and control really matter....