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Majority of shoppers confused by what it means to "buy Canadian"

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Summary
Nutrition label

73% Informative

Survey: 63 per cent of Canadian residents are actively seeking Canadian products when shopping.

53 per cent are looking at labels to avoid buying products made in the U.S. Canadian grocery giant Loblaw Cos. Ltd. announced two weeks ago it would start adding labels on all products prepared in Canada .

VR Score

78

Informative language

78

Neutral language

58

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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8

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