Canadian universities must do more to ensure their branded clothing isn’t made in sweatshops

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Colleges and universities earn revenue each year by licensing their trademarks to major apparel companies, including Lululemon and Fanatics. These companies, in turn, rely on vast supplier networks located primarily in countries with weak labour protections and regulations.

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Ideally the federal government would have import requirements to prevent sweat-shop garments from making it in. But without that, sure.

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And they will undoubtedly use this as an excuse to jack prices even further. It’s not enough to milk students dry on textbooks, food, lodging, parking, courses, etc.

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It’s the slave labor that keeps the costs down.

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