tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post5458187651085767771..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Hudson Bay Company invented Cowichan sweaters?!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-57766066657094402872010-01-15T13:38:48.024-08:002010-01-15T13:38:48.024-08:00Thanks for fixing my typos Rob. A version of the ...Thanks for fixing my typos Rob. A version of the piece later got published as an op-ed in the local Cowichan newspaper to the snide jeers of some. Eventually the HBC and Cowichan Tribes did come out with a deal to market authentic Cowichan sweaters, but those offensive ads keep ticking along.<br /><br />BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-42124300896017887092009-10-19T07:42:41.782-07:002009-10-19T07:42:41.782-07:00That advert looks like it was written by Ann Coult...That advert looks like it was written by Ann Coulter. For shame, Hudson's Bay Company! You would have done Canada a greater service by offering to market actual Cowichan sweaters via fair trade agreement. The world would have been made aware of that particular craft tradition and at the very least you would have gotten some new fans/customers for doing the right thing.jas faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13338478113151823116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-37339717392539785852009-10-19T03:43:05.673-07:002009-10-19T03:43:05.673-07:00Too bad the author couldn't avoid using the wo...Too bad the author couldn't avoid using the word "theft" without meaning. When one reads of stolen sweaters, one thinks of actual stolen sweaters. You know, something that involved theft. Not some sort of copyright infringement.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-42802989178068495172009-10-19T03:41:19.383-07:002009-10-19T03:41:19.383-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com