Madam Speaker, on March 17, the local Woolco store became part of a mammoth North American chain called Wal-Mart. This chain can afford to outsell everyone because it sells so many goods to a huge population. One of the things it does is engage in massive advertising, especially the use of flyers. Members will note in their mailboxes they will see all of these flyers advertising goods at very low costs. It is very impressive. At noon hour today, I whipped out to Wal-Mart because I got one of these flyers in my mail last night. Being like every other citizen, I cannot resist a deal, especially when its an object that I have looked for in this city and haven't been able to find. When I get there I am told, we sell these all over North America, but the particular item you want, you cannot get here. So I went away mad because I made a special trip to Yellowknife South to visit a store to buy a product that had been advertised for sale.

This instills a complete lack of confidence on my part that when I go to a store, the advertising means anything. The more my mailbox gets crammed full, which at one time I use to get on a Friday in the local newspaper, which added to the revenue of that newspaper, I now find it is distributed in my mailbox. So there is no room for anything else of far more importance than advertising that doesn't mean anything. This chain is going to destroy, not only this city, but my confidence if it continues to mislead me in this fashion. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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