That’s
the message that CUPE BC President Barry O’Neill will be bringing to Cranbrook
on Wednesday, October 17th at 7 pm. The event is co-sponsored by CUPE BC and
CUPE Local 2773 (College of the Rockies support staff) and
will be held in room S207 at the College of the Rockies.
This event is a chance to have a conversation about the importance
of local first, and about the impact that our choice to spend online or in
other communities has on our local economy.
This event is about the conversation, not about telling people where to
shop or how to spend their hard earned dollars. This will build on many other initiatives that highlight the
community wide benefits to spending in our community. Another key point in the
conversation that O’Neill will be leading on the 17th is that local
spending isn’t about unfair costs to the consumer. If you can’t get the good
deal or locally is only poor quality, then don’t go. The goal is to find ways
that average people can support our local economy.
For more information please visit the website www.tenpercentshift.ca where visitors are challenged to take
the “Ten Percent Shift Pledge”. The website also has information and ideas for
shifting your spending towards local first.
For more
information, please contact:
Jordan Osiowy
250-489-2751 local 3555
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