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Saw this over on the other site. Seems like a fantastic idea.

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[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Rona is Canadian. HQ in Quebec.

[–] Poop@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Rona is owned by a US private equity firm. It was Canadian, but not for years now.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

God damn. What does that mean in terms of tax, etc? They still pay corporation tax and whatnot in Canada? Profits, etc. reported in Canada or repatriated to the US?

What about Home Hardware?

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 1 points 32 minutes ago

home hardware is canadian... but at least in my small community they are very small stores