On This July 1st
For many months, we had planned to kick off our summer sale today, full of Canadian spirit. This year, however, we are not celebrating Canada Day, individually or as a company. Rather, we are inclined to follow the demands of Indigenous people and Peoples for reconciliation on July 1st, and every day of the year. As a pair of immigrants, we are keenly aware that we are settlers on this land. We accept and bear the responsibility to learn the truth of what our country did to Indigenous people and about the harms we continue to do, and from knowing that truth to commit to do the work to make things right.
Our summer sale is coming, but not today. On this July 1st, we are watching and listening; we are learning.
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