CitizenVectron Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 News story making the big rounds in Canada is that Whole Foods has implemented a country-wide ban on their employees wearing poppies leading up to Remembrance Day. For any Americans not in the know, commonwealth countries have their veteran's groups (in Canada, the Canadian Legion) sell poppies to raise money, and people wear them every year leading up to Nov 11. Parliament just passed a unanimous resolution condemning the move, and politicians have asked them to reconsider, but Whole Foods is doubling down on the ban. EDIT - They have reversed their decision right as I posted this. Whole Foods will let staff wear poppies after firestorm over ‘disgraceful’ ban GLOBALNEWS.CA Ontario Premier Doug Ford is promising legislation to prohibit employers from poppy bans. Quote Whole Foods is changing course on a controversial policy banning Canadian employees from wearing the poppy, which is a sign of remembrance and respect for fallen soldiers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau weighed in on Friday, saying the company had made a “silly mistake that I hope they will correct quickly,” and that Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay was expressing that directly to them to try to get the policy changed. Members of the House of Commons unanimously condemned the ban on Friday, adopting a motion “to condemn Whole Foods and its owner Jeff Bezos for banning its employees from wearing poppies on their uniform, and demand that the policy be reversed immediately.” They also adopted another motion unanimously inviting John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, to appear before the House of Commons veterans affairs committee within the next two weeks. The order means that Mackey, an American, either must appear voluntarily or else run the risk that the committee will issue a formal summons to be delivered by bailiff next time he sets foot in Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Why did they want to ban it? Because it's technically drugs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 What a stupid move by Whole Foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 This was dumb on Whole Foods part, I'm actually curious if there was an issue last year over this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Sounds like it was a bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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