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Globe and Mail
20-05-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Western Business Coalition Urges New Parliament to Prioritize Private Sector Growth and Economic Renewal
Vancouver, May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Re ad j oint l etter: As Canada's 45th Parliament begins, the Western Business Coalition—comprised of the Business Council of British Columbia, Business Council of Alberta, Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, and Business Council of Manitoba—is calling on all Members of Parliament (MPs) to focus urgently on restoring Canada's economic competitiveness and creating the conditions for a turnaround in living standards. In a letter sent today to every MP in Canada, the Coalition highlights mounting concerns over Canada's economic trajectory, including near-zero growth in GDP per capita over the past decade, unsustainable growth in the public sector, and a troubling weakness in private sector activity. 'On a per-capita basis, the country has been in a recession for more than two years. To reverse this trend, we must adopt policies that attract investment and support rising living standards for Canadians,' said Laura Jones, President and CEO of the Business Council of B.C. To help restore Canada's economic foundation, the Coalition is urging Parliament to act swiftly on three critical fronts: Abandon the proposed oil and gas emissions cap – Canada's resource sector is a key driver of exports, jobs, and economic reconciliation. The cap could undermine economic growth and global emissions reductions goals. Improve tax competitiveness – Canada needs a tax system that supports long-term investment and talent retention. We recommend improvements to depreciation allowances for capital investments and a more competitive personal income tax system to help businesses attract and retain highly skilled workers. Streamline regulatory processes – Canada must make regulatory excellence a competitive advantage, ensuring high standards without unnecessary delays or burdens. The Coalition's message is clear: Canada must act immediately to create a vibrant investment climate and growing economy, or risk further decreases in investment, economic performance, and living standards. Members of the Coalition will be in Ottawa next week to deliver this message directly to the federal government as the new Parliament begins. 'Standing for public office is an immense responsibility and we thank all who serve,' said Adam Legge, President of the Business Council of Alberta. 'We're asking Parliamentarians to take bold action to ensure Canada remains a place where people and businesses can succeed.' The letter comes at a pivotal time. Canadians are facing record-high food bank usage, more than two years of negative population-adjusted economic growth, and sluggish business investment for a decade. Compounding Canada's home-grown challenges, proposed U.S. tariffs pose a serious threat to Canada's export-dependent industries and future investment opportunities. The full letter to MPs can be found online in English and French. -30- ADDITIONAL QUOTES 'Canada's prosperity depends on enabling private sector growth, not stifling it. We need competitive tax policy, clear and efficient regulation, and investment-friendly policies to ensure businesses can thrive, innovate, and create opportunity across the country.' — Prabha Ramaswamy, CEO, Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce "What strengthens our economy strengthens our society. By empowering the private sector with policies that boost Canada's competitiveness, we unlock innovation, drive productivity, and create jobs—turning economic growth into lasting benefits for all Canadians." — Bram Strain, President & CEO, Business Council of Manitoba MEDIA CONTACTS Braden McMillan Senior Director of Communications & Public Affairs Business Council of British Columbia Danielle Alfaro Communications Manager Business Council of Alberta dalfaro@ Josie Fries Senior Director, Marketing and Events Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce jfries@ Kate Doer Director, Communications & Policy Business Council of Manitoba kdoer@ ABOUT: Western Business Coalition Members Business Council of British Columbia Established in 1966, the Business Council of British Columbia is a non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting prosperity for current and future generations. Comprised of over 200 leading B.C. companies, post-secondary institutions and industry associations, BCBC provides credible information, fosters cross-sectoral relationships and advocates for bold and practical solutions to the policy challenges of our time. Business Council of Alberta The Business Council of Alberta is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to building a better Alberta within a more dynamic Canada. Composed of the chief executives and leading entrepreneurs of the province's largest enterprises, Council members are proud to represent the majority of Alberta's private sector investment, job creation, exports, and research and development. The Council is committed to working with leaders and stakeholders across Alberta and Canada in proposing bold and innovative public policy solutions and initiatives that will make life better for Albertans. Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is a leading advocate for business in the province, committed to driving economic growth and championing a thriving business community. As the 'Voice for Saskatchewan Business,' the Chamber represents the interests of over 10,000 individual businesses, industry associations, and local chambers. More information can be found at or @SaskChamber on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Business Council of Manitoba The Business Council of Manitoba exists to make Manitoba a preferred place to live, work, and invest. Established in 1998, the Council is non-partisan and advocates for innovative, fact-based positions on key issues that affect the current and future well-being and prosperity of the province and country. Our membership is comprised of over 100 of Manitoba's leading businesses and their CEOs, who are dedicated to fostering economic growth and community development. Together, they serve as the economic engine of Manitoba. For more information, visit or follow us on LinkedIn. Attachments
ABC News
18-05-2025
- Health
- ABC News
Healing from inherited trauma as a Stolen Generations descendant
An unexpected personal loss was the catalyst for Laura Jones to explore how her grief could be connected to traumatic events that happened before she was even born. The 23-year-old does not like to speak about the troubled time, but said with the support of her nan, her great-grandmother's younger sister Aunty Lorraine Peeters, she began to understand her pain could be connected to deeper generational wounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images of people who have died. "I'm a descendant of the Stolen Generations," Ms Jones said. "I'm going to assume most people can relate to the wound of abandonment. "But when actual abandonment goes back generations, that can still affect you now. "And unfortunately [that wound] will come up for you time and time again until you really face it." Inherited trauma is a phenomenon that's only gained acceptance in Western circles relatively recently through epigenetics, the study of what influences a person's gene expression. Everyone is born with DNA, a fixed set of genes derived from their biological parents. But now scientists are discovering factors like environment and experiences can influence how particular genes are switched on and off — and some of these patterns are passed on to offspring. However, for Gamilaroi Wailwan women such as Aunty Lorraine and Ms Jones, science is just catching up to something talked about among their families for decades. Aunty Lorraine was four years old when she and her five sisters were stolen from their parents to live at the Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls. At 15, she was sent to work as a servant for a white rural family. Now 86, her program Marumali, set up to support Stolen Generations' survivors and their families, helped Ms Jones navigate the mentally "dark space" she encountered in her grief at 19 years old. Part of her recovery involved reflecting on both her grandmother and great-grandmother being removed from all family and cultural connections and raised in institutions where they survived extreme abuse. "That was when I realised there was some stuff to work on here so that I don't carry it on to the next generation," Ms Jones said. Before the 1990s, Western science viewed intergenerational trauma through psychological and social lenses, attributing it to experiences such as exposure to a mother's stress in utero or learnt behaviour from traumatised caregivers. "Initially, it was thought that we were born with a clean slate," said geneticist and University of Queensland School of Biomedical Science professor Divya Mehta. "So as an embryo, at birth, all the epigenetic marks [of the parents] are erased and a child develops its own epigenetic marks." But advances in the last 30 years have provided evidence that some genetic expressions or "marks" on certain genes may be inherited. The most compelling research has been done on animals where it's easier to control the environment and interpret the data. One 2013 study conditioned male mice to fear a specific odour by receiving an electric shock when the smell was released. Their offspring showed sensitivity to the same odour despite never experiencing the shock themselves, and the effect persisted into a second generation. However, in humans, it's still a hotly debated topic. "It's very tricky to dissect environmental influence from genetic inherited traits," Professor Mehta said. "We still do not understand which [epigenetic] marks are passed on, and why these marks and not others." And it's not necessarily all bad news. On the flipside is potentially inherited resilience. "Is there a benefit in some marks being passed on?" Professor Mehta said. "For example, you'd hope the genes that make you respond better to stress would be passed on so the next generation can cope better." A positive environment, exercise and supportive social connections are all influences that have so far been measured as effective in returning epigenetic marks on stress genes to their baseline levels. "We see that people who are more isolated have higher rates of depression in general, whereas people with strong supports around them do much better," Professor Mehta said. "These are things we know at a psychological level or a symptomatic level, but now we're seeing the same thing on a biological level." Indigenous understanding of intergenerational trauma having a biological link predates Western science. Concepts like "trauma load" being passed through the mother to a foetus are shared through storytelling and oral tradition. "Most Aboriginal people just know it," Aunty Lorraine said. "If I don't heal in my generation, it's automatically transferred on to my children. "They also understand the mental health system doesn't fit trauma. It only diagnoses the behaviours of trauma, not the real core." A cornerstone of her own journey and what she urges in others as "the ultimate in healing" is to return to country, the geographical land of one's ancestors. "It's where all our spirits lie. We want to be able to come back to country whenever the need is there," Aunty Lorraine said. Now living in Queensland, Aunty Lorraine recently travelled 900 kilometres to the Beemunnel Reserve near Warren in western New South Wales where she and her sisters were born. Scores of relatives from across Australia joined her for the second family reunion in 10 years. After a morning of celebrations, the afternoon was spent remembering those who had died, with a ceremony that "laid their spirits to rest" in the Beemunnel. "I'm only the vehicle of the spirit I've been given. So the vehicle can be buried anywhere, but you must take my spirit home," Aunty Lorraine said, standing beneath the tree under which she was born. Tears rolled down Tammy Wright's face as she called out names of relatives who had "passed into the Dreamtime" while shovelling soil onto a kurrajong tree planted in their honour. "It's very hard to describe [connection to country] as an Aboriginal person," she said. "My church is Mother Earth — you're standing on it." The 56-year-old Gamilaroi Wailwan woman is Aunty Lorraine's niece. She made an eight-hour trip to the reunion from Kempsey on the NSW Mid North Coast with her grandkids, aged 8 and 5. "They notice a huge difference in the land. The ground's red, the trees are different. "And just for them to see it … it's very emotional for me." Ms Wright has worked for decades with people to address intergenerational trauma, including running cultural camps with Indigenous prisoners in the early 2000s. "Eight out of 10 [of those inmates] were impacted from the Stolen Generations," she said. These days Ms Wright works with more children and has seen how identity and culture can help support them better with triggers they might be experiencing. For Ms Jones, who travelled from Sydney, the reunion was "bittersweet" because it "highlighted the immense loss of connection, culture, and kin we once had". "While many believe that this was hundreds of years ago, for our family, the Beemunnel was our home only two and three generations ago." Western research on intergenerational trauma has tended to focus on cohorts of people with high stress exposure, such as combat veterans and paramedics. Now, for the first time, the Australian government is backing a study led by UNSW Sydney scientia professor Jill Bennett into its significance among First Nations people with a $2.8 million grant. Professor Mehta is heading up the epigenetics component of the Transforming Trauma project with the aim of helping to develop tools to alleviate trauma's impact. "I think the key thing here with epigenetics is that it is dynamic in nature. The DNA code is fixed — you can't do anything about it. But the activity part of it, the epigenetic expression is changeable," she said. "It shows us why our DNA is not our destiny. "You talk to families who have gone through huge amounts of trauma. "To think, 'Oh, it doesn't end with me,' that's very tricky. "So I keep bringing it back to the dynamic nature of what we're looking at and why we're looking at the environment and lifestyle factors that can change epigenetics." When asked about such research, Aunty Lorraine was circumspect about it helping First Nations people, but hoped it would lead to more recognition. "Intergenerational trauma is not something you can see. It's a legacy First Nations people are carrying," she said. "And it's not only the Stolen Generations — it's day one of settlement, being moved off country, having language and culture taken, and the grief of it all — that's all part of the trauma load. "But non-First Nations people don't acknowledge it. People acknowledge there's a gap, but they don't understand what that gap is." Support for Indigenous Australians is available by contacting the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander crisis support line 13YARN on 13 92 76.
The Herald Scotland
08-05-2025
- Health
- The Herald Scotland
MSPs urged to back women-only Scots homeless refuge as deaths rise
And there are concerns that while vulnerable homeless women are avoiding the use of temporary accommodation believing that they are unsafe - the number of the most vulnerable seeking official help has still soared by 20% in ten years. Now it has emerged MSPs are to consider a new petition lodged with the Scottish Parliament calling on the Scottish Government to better fund and reform homeless services in Scotland so that women are better protected from "predatory sexual assault and sexual exploitation". Over 30,000 have backed a parallel online petition. READ MORE by Martin Williams: Over 100,000 Scots face energy cuts in BBC radio switch-off 'crisis' Revealed: Fury at agreed £100k payment to 'sacked' Scots ferry chief Robbie Drummond Anger over 20-year fail to fix Scotland's most notorious road Swinney urged to act over 'disastrous' rise in street sleepers It comes as the Alba Party's housing policy group is backing the calls for single sex emergency homeless accommodation. Some 164 women have been registered as having died while homeless in Scotland over a three year post-Covid period up to and including 2023. That's a 15% rise on the 142 that passed away in the pre-Covid period to the end of 2019. The data kept by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) includes women who were in temporary accommodation—such as hotels and bed and breakfasts and flats - well as those sleeping rough at the time of death. But it is feared the numbers are far greater as National Records of Scotland, which collects official data, says that identifying whether a person was homeless when they died "is not straightforward" as there is no specific question on the death certificate asking about whether a deceased individual did not have a place of residence. According to council records, in Glasgow alone just 16% of the 1917 homeless people living in hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation by way of emergency in February were women. Campaigners are also concerned that Scotland's housing emergency, officially announced in May, last year, has created a group of mothers who are choosing to stay with violent partners to enable them to keep their children. The petitions led by 38-year-old translator, Laura Jones of Glasgow, who was herself once homeless, it calls for the removal of women and children out of hotels and bed and breakfasts as a priority. Laura Jones (Image: Colin Mearns) Ms Jones, lead campaigner for the Scottish Tenants Organisation, said: "We commend political organisations that recognise the urgency of defending single-sex spaces. The STO urges all parties to prioritise women's lives, and get behind this campaign." She was among those who were at the Scottish Parliament yesterday to promote the petition which is now being considered by MSPs. Ms Jones said that she was once homeless and avoided emergency accommodation provided by councils and preferred sofa surfing with friends. She says she knows many women would rather sleep rough than subject themselves to life in high occupancy accommodation for the homeless. Despite that, in Scotland the numbers of women seeking help from councils over homelessness has soared from 13,664 in 2013/14 to 16,305 in 2023/24. "More and more women and their children are becoming homeless in 2025, and they need protection by the State. This is urgently needed," she said. Alba Party's housing policy group submitted a motion to the party's national council urging action to defend single-sex emergency accommodation. The motion, proposed by working group convenor Nick Durie and supported by tenant activists, condemns recent attempts by the Scottish Greens to undermine funding for women's services and aligns the party with the Scottish Tenants Organisation's (STO) campaign to stop the "scandal" of vulnerable women being placed in mixed sex hostels and hotels which has put women at risk of sexual violence and sexual exploitation as the housing emergency deepens. Nick Durie, convenor of the Alba housing policy working group added: "This motion places women's safety and housing justice at the core of Alba's social democratic vision." And Kirsty Fraser, the Alba Party women's convenor added: "This is an excellent initiative by the Scottish Tenants Organisation to take the concerns about women's safety directly to the Scottish Parliament. The Alba Party supports them wholeheartedly in their campaign.' Ms Jones, hopes that Scotland can do what Northern Ireland has done by opening its first women-only crisis accommodation near Belfast city centre. Known as a crash facility and aimed towards people in urgent need of a place to stay, the centre is the only one in Northern Ireland exclusively for women. Analysis shows that Scotland's biggest city is in the midst of a 'deepening crisis' around women's safety. Instances of domestic abuse are up by 41% on the previous year, rapes increased by 41%, and sexual assault has risen by 28%, according to figures from the Safe Glasgow Partnership. The Safe Glasgow Partnership data shows 357 rape crimes were recorded during 2024-25 compared to 254 during the previous year. Domestic abuse crimes against women stand at 192 so far compared to 136 the previous year. Five years ago social workers were investigating reports of three sex attacks in hotels housing vulnerable homeless people. Glasgow City Council staff were notified at the time of a reported increase in assaults on women in hotels used as a stop gap during the Covid-19 pandemic. The 500 homeless were put up by the council after the usual movement to private homes was halted during lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. Some 13 of Scotland's 32 councils have declared housing emergencies since Argyll and Bute Council became the first in June, 2023. The latest to make the pronouncement was East Lothian Council, in December, saying its allocation for preparing its Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2025-2030 as £37m, averaging just over £7m per year – in comparison to an average of £12m per year in the previous five years. The Scottish Government formally declared a housing emergency nationally in May, last year. The Scottish Government was approached for comment.
The Herald Scotland
03-05-2025
- Health
- The Herald Scotland
30,000 demand women-only Scots homeless refuge as deaths rise
And there are concerns that while vulnerable homeless women are avoiding the use of temporary accommodation believing that they are unsafe - the number of the most vulnerable seeking official help has still soared by 20% in ten years. Some 164 women have been registered as having died while homeless in Scotland over a three year post-Covid period up to and including 2023. That's a 15% rise on the 142 that passed away in the pre-Covid period to the end of 2019. The data obtained by the Herald kept by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) includes women who were in temporary accommodation—such as hotels and bed and breakfasts and flats - well as those sleeping rough at the time of death. But it is feared the numbers are far greater as National Records of Scotland, which collects official data, says that identifying whether a person was homeless when they died "is not straightforward" as there is no specific question on the death certificate asking about whether a deceased individual did not have a place of residence. According to council records, in Glasgow alone just 16% of the 1917 homeless people living in hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation by way of emergency in February were women. It has emerged that 30,349 people have backed a petition calling on the Scottish Government to better fund and reform homeless services in Scotland so that women are better protected from "predatory sexual assault and sexual exploitation". Campaigners are also concerned that Scotland's housing emergency, officially announced in May, last year, has created a group of mothers who are choosing to stay with violent partners to enable them to keep their children. Led by 38-year-old translator, Laura Jones of Glasgow, who was herself once homeless, it calls for the removal of women and children out of hotels and bed and breakfasts as a priority. Laura Jones (Image: Laura Jones) "The better funding and reform of temporary homeless accommodation for women must include creating more halfway single-sex accommodation that protects and meets the specific needs of women with the objective of rapidly placing them in permanent social housing," the petition states. READ MORE: "Women in Scotland are being ignored in the current housing and homeless emergency and this must change. We believe this petition can draw attention to their plight and result in positive change in policy to help homeless women in Scotland," it goes on. Ms Jones said that she was once homeless and avoided emergency accommodation provided by councils and preferred sofa surfing with friends. She says she knows many women would rather sleep rough than subject themselves to life in high occupancy accommodation for the homeless. Despite that, in Scotland the numbers of women seeking help from councils over homelessness has soared from 13,664 in 2013/14 to 16,305 in 2023/24. "The Scottish Government has to step in in this situation," she said. "I was homeless and I got the sense of not being safe and I can understand that feeling," she said. "I was lucky that I never went into temporary accommodation as I spent so long sleeping on friends' couches. "My friend was attacked in one hotel and so the situation boils my blood." Ms Jones, who supports women in need through the Scottish Tenants Organisation has now lodged a petition with the Scottish Parliament calling for the Scottish Government to create more women-only homeless accommodation. They hope that Scotland can do what Northern Ireland has done by opening its first women-only crisis accommodation near Belfast city centre. Known as a crash facility and aimed towards people in urgent need of a place to stay, the centre is the only one in Northern Ireland exclusively for women. Ms Jones added: "The issues over vulnerable women are so well hidden. It really does get swept under the carpet. We need an approach to safeguarding and they should do what they have done in Northern Ireland. "The response to the petition shows that safe housing is a bigger issue than people make it out to be." A protest is expected outside the Glasgow City Chambers on Thursday over the issue and a vigil is being planned outside the Scottish Parliament Building. It comes as new analysis shows that Scotland's biggest city is in the midst of a 'deepening crisis' around women's safety. Instances of domestic abuse are up by 41% on the previous year, rapes increased by 41%, and sexual assault has risen by 28%, according to figures from the Safe Glasgow Partnership. The Safe Glasgow Partnership data shows 357 rape crimes were recorded during 2024-25 compared to 254 during the previous year. Domestic abuse crimes against women stand at 192 so far compared to 136 the previous year. Five years ago social workers were investigating reports of three sex attacks in hotels housing vulnerable homeless people. 30,000 demand women-only crisis centre for homeless as Scots deaths rise (Image: NQ) Glasgow City Council staff were notified at the time of a reported increase in assaults on women in hotels used as a stop gap during the Covid-19 pandemic. The 500 homeless were put up by the council after the usual movement to private homes was halted during lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. An email to social workers said at the time: 'This is to make you aware of what seems to be an anecdotal increase in sexual assaults in the hotels. 'Heard of three and just now placed a young lady in a hotel who has been raped twice. 'It is absolutely crucial at this time that if we meeting people face to face that we are asking them if they feel safe where they are currently being accommodated.' Some 13 of Scotland's 32 councils have declared housing emergencies since Argyll and Bute Council became the first in June, 2023. The latest to make the pronouncement was East Lothian Council, in December, saying its allocation for preparing its Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2025-2030 as £37m, averaging just over £7m per year – in comparison to an average of £12m per year in the previous five years. The Scottish Government formally declared a housing emergency nationally in May, last year. And the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) said it was likely that more will follow as demand continues to surge. Scotland's councils have spent £720m of public money on placing the homeless in temporary accommodation such as bed and breakfasts and hotels over the last full five years because of a housing shortage. And campaigners say a proportion of the money could be used to safely house women. Councils have broken the law that ensures the homeless including children and pregnant mothers are given some kind of roof over their heads nearly 19,000 times over six years. There was a record 7915 breaches in 2023/24 - nearly 18 times more than the previous year - and that came despite continuing efforts being made to ensure the homeless have a roof over their heads in the wake of the Covid pandemic. And three in four of the breaches in 2023/24 were in Glasgow - over three years after the regulator found that it had failed in its legal duties to homeless people by not ensuring there was enough suitable temporary accommodation for them before the coronavirus pandemic. A spokeswoman for Glasgow's Health and Social Care Partnership said: 'We're committed to ensuring the safety of women resident within emergency accommodation. We work with a range of stakeholders including Police Scotland, hotel owners and colleagues within the voluntary sector to ensure a zero tolerance to violence and harassment of women. We also carry out safeguarding visits to all households when they are placed in bed and breakfast accommodation. 'While our homelessness service has access to a range of accommodation types including single sex provision, we would welcome any additional resources that could ease pressure and increase accommodation availability, specifically for women as we work to reduce our reliance on bed and breakfast type accommodation.' A Scottish Government spokesperson said: 'We recognise women's experiences of homelessness are very different to the experiences of men. Therefore, the response to their housing needs should also be different. It is vital that temporary accommodation for women experiencing homelessness keeps women safe and does not exacerbate any of the issues that may have led to them presenting as homeless. 'The legal duty for preventing and responding to homelessness sits with local authorities, and this includes the commissioning of emergency and temporary accommodation. Temporary accommodation is an important safety net, and care must be taken when providing support services to ensure everyone's safety.'
Cision Canada
28-04-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
Dr. Oetker Issues a PS"EH" About Their Canadian Made Pizzas: "It's Pronounced Ris ᐧ Toh ᐧ Ron ᐧ T ᐧ EH" Français
TORONTO, April 28, 2025 /CNW/ - Dr. Oetker is helping Canadians find their Canadian Made frozen pizzas with a pronunciation PS"EH": it's "Ge ᐧ Se ᐧ P ᐧ EH", "Ris ᐧ Toh ᐧ Ron ᐧ T ᐧ EH," and "Ca ᐧ Sa ᐧ Dee ᐧ Ma ᐧ M ᐧ EH." Amid tariff tensions, Canadians who want to buy Canadian are challenged by multiple and misleading packaging labels. How many of us have spent long minutes frozen with indecision in the frozen aisle squinting at box after box, trying to see where they were made? Now, Dr. Oetker has apologized (how Canadian!) to anyone who didn't know that their three most popular pizza lines — Giuseppe, Ristorante, and Casa di Mama — are made in their Ontario facilities (except for the vegan, gluten-free, and specialty products). The brand is rolling out packaging stickers and out-of-home pronunciation guides to make the pizzas' patriotic spirit super clear, eh. "For over fifty years, Dr. Oetker Canada has been serving up delicious, easy-to-make meals in Canadian kitchens," states Laura Jones, Marketing Manager. "We're committed to Canadian manufacturing, with most of our products made in Canada using locally sourced ingredients. Dr. Oetker is sticking with Canadian workers, Canadian ingredients, Canadian values, and Canadian made – like we hope every Canadian does." "We leaned into a playful campaign to connect with Canadians on an emotional level – bringing some fun and national pride to the conversation. While our brands offer an authentic Italian pizzeria experience, make no mistake, we're proudly made right here in Canada… Ultimately, Dr. Oetker is about celebrating the rich diversity of Canada and bringing everyone to the table," says Zineb Benslimane, Senior Brand Manager. Ristorante, Giuseppe, and Casa di Mama are made in London and Mississauga, Ontario. Dr. Oetker's London, Ontario facility produces 400,000 pizzas daily, supporting 430 jobs and a thriving agri-food community. They source wheat from Ontario and Alberta, tomato sauce from Leamington, and cheese from Ontario and Quebec — using 53,000 pounds of Canadian cheese per day. The brand is grateful for their Canadian partners and proud to contribute to Ontario's growing agri-food sector. About Dr. Oetker Canada Dr. Oetker Canada Ltd was established in 1960 and has provided innovative quality food to Canadian consumers. Inspired by rich heritage, Dr. Oetker Canada is committed to consumers, the environment, and society. That's because bringing people together and creating a taste of home is at the heart of everything they do. From baking products to desserts, snacks, and pizza, Dr. Oetker Canada provides a wide range of beloved brands and food offerings to meet people's tastes and needs. SOURCE Dr. Oetker Canada Ltd.
