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Canadian Olympic gear made in China, MPs cry foul


Misc CDN | 206680 hits | May 02 7:43 pm | Posted by: WDHIII
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Federal Opposition members are questioning why the Canadian Olympic team's uniforms and gear are being made mostly in China -- especially during a time when Canada's textile industry is struggling.

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  1. by ryan29
    Sun May 04, 2008 3:00 am
    china just gets a bad rep these days , although the clothes should of really been made here . have to wonder what the canadian olympic people were thinking .

  2. by avatar dino_bobba_renno
    Sun May 04, 2008 11:05 pm
    They probably couldn�t get any self respecting textile company here to touch the ugly things.

  3. by avatar N_Fiddledog
    Sun May 04, 2008 11:20 pm
    Here's the key statement from the article.

    Canadian clothing company Roots, which made the Team Canada beret that became the hit of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, was a previous supplier for Canadian athletes. The company made a point of making its Olympic clothing in Canada. HBC outdid Roots in 2005 with a $100-million bid.


    Why did we need to accept bids when the Canadian company Roots was already the envy of the world? Bureaucracy? Protocol? Didn't want to put out the bucks? Whatever. It sucks.

    And what's with this orientalization of Canadian culture anyway? First we got those Japanese anime mascots for 2010, and now we're stuck with these outfits that look like something a Chinese 13 year old might think of as American ghetto chic. What's next? Are they going to redesign the maple leaf on the Canadian hockey team jerseys to look more like a lotus blossom?

  4. by Anonymous
    Sun May 04, 2008 11:55 pm
    Maybe the designer had something to do with it :lol:

    Designer of Olympic outfits shrugs off made-in-China flap


    With files from The Canadian Press
    May 03, 2008 04:30 AM
    Tracey Tyler
    Staff Reporter

    You could say he's in stitches.

    With the federal government and opposition parties angry over news that Canada's Olympic uniforms are being made in China, Tu Ly, one of the designers who created them, thinks it's "quite funny" that MPs have turned it into a political issue.

    "I would like to challenge these politicians to give up their cell phones made in China or their TVs, then maybe they'd really be on an even plane," said Ly, who had just spent three days in Alberta meeting with members of Canada's Olympic team.

    By the time Ly landed in Toronto last night, he had already heard that MPs had seized on the news the team's clothing for the Beijing games � which he and fellow Hudson's Bay Company designer Vivienne Lu created � are being produced in Chinese factories.

    "This is a no-brainer," New Democrat MP Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre) said earlier yesterday.

    "This is our Olympic team. We should be ensuring that all of our Olympic athletes are proudly wearing Canadian-made textiles and all of their uniforms should be made in Canada."

    Liberal Denis Coderre said it's particularly unfortunate the "unacceptable" snub to Canada's homegrown clothing-makers should occur at a time when the industry is struggling.

    Last night, a spokesperson for Helena Guergis, secretary of state for amateur sport, said that the government is equally annoyed with the decision to use foreign-made clothing, but is powerless to change it.

    "We do not agree with the decision to produce Olympic clothing offshore and would have preferred that the clothing was made in Canada," said Blair MacLean, Guergis' communications director, noting "the Canadian Olympic Committee is independent, operating at arm's length from government."

    Chris Rudge, CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee, said the government had not raised with them the issue of where the clothing is made.

    HBC spokesperson Hillary Marshall said Asia, and particularly China, is the only readily-available source for the specialty fabrics featured in the eco-friendly designs. Meant to help athletes cope with Beijing's heat and humidity, the fabrics include bamboo, cocona and organic cotton.

    For the last summer Olympics, Roots Canada made the athletes' uniforms at home.

    The company outfitted Canada's Olympic teams between 1998 and 2004.

    "We made almost all the apparel for the Canadian team right here in Canada," Robert Sarner, Roots' director of communications, told the Star last night.

    Ironically, uniforms for the United States Olympic teams, which Roots supplied from 2002-2006, were also made in Canada, said Sarner.

    Ly said the made-in-China flap is unfairly distracting attention from the athletes and HBC's groundbreaking financial support for Canada's Olympic team. It has committed to raise $20 million by 2012.

    Meanwhile, the company also has a code of vendor conduct to ensure its suppliers operate under fair working law and respect the environment, he said.

    "I've been in the industry for 20 years and have never been quite as impressed as I am with how HBC is with their ethical program," Ly said last night.

    With files from The Canadian Press


  5. by avatar N_Fiddledog
    Mon May 05, 2008 1:19 am
    She says she's been in the industry for 20 years. You'd thing she would have learned what crap looks like by now. She might not be able to see it, but she can sure speak it.

  6. by avatar dino_bobba_renno
    Mon May 05, 2008 1:28 am
    "N_Fiddledog" said
    She says she's been in the industry for 20 years. You'd thing she would have learned what crap looks like by now. She might not be able to see it, but she can sure speak it.


    I thought the designer was a "he"

  7. by ridenrain
    Mon May 05, 2008 1:32 am
    panda loving political correctness.
    I'd say someone whould lose their job over this but it's all about money and that's all the olympics are about anyways.

  8. by avatar dino_bobba_renno
    Mon May 05, 2008 1:38 am
    "ridenrain" said
    panda loving political correctness.
    I'd say someone whould lose their job over this but it's all about money and that's all the olympics are about anyways.


    Well you're gonna love this then:

    Pricing for the replica-wear pieces varies depending on the product. Pricing starts at around $6.00 for a pair of socks and goes up to $575.00 for the Shearling hooded jacket.

    The Clothing Line

    Yes, that's correct, $575.00 for that "I've just been attacked by killer tomato's" jacket. 8O

  9. by avatar Bacardi4206
    Mon May 05, 2008 2:32 am
    Is that Chinese beside the Canada writing? Well not only are they ugly as shit, but also get rid of our Canadianess in our gear. Might as well say, "Team Canada, China's Bitch".

    I hope next year they burn them, and get roots to make new ones.

  10. by avatar Alberta1
    Mon May 05, 2008 2:34 am
    Of course they are made in China, like everything else. Ridiculous we can't even manufacture our own team uniforms.

  11. by ridenrain
    Mon May 05, 2008 2:43 am
    Shades of the flag flap from 2005
    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/02/ ... 50204.html

    You'd think that someone would have clued in.

  12. by avatar Loader
    Mon May 05, 2008 2:50 am
    Damn, that is some kinda coyote ugly clothing

  13. by sasquatch2
    Mon May 05, 2008 3:19 am
    It looks like a chinese collection----Mao jackets.....

    But it's enviromental = ugly, cost canadian $ and provides chinese jobs....how KYOTO............



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