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'Exercising their spending power': Albertans willing to pay more for local, survey says

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A recent Interac survey found that Albertans believe it’s important to shop local.

Over 40 per cent of respondents were willing to spend $ 5 more to buy products locally.

Nearly eight in 10 Canadians believe that supporting local businesses is more important now than it was last year .

At 43 per cent , Albertans actually fell below the national average ( 53 per cent ) for spending an extra $ 5 .

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72

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72

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33

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informal

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English

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52

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not hateful

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short-lived

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