24" x 30"
Oil (on wrapping paper)
1993
I do not believe all the hype about "free trade". I sincerely believe that the overall benefit of producing goods on the other side of world and then delivering them to here is not beneficial to Nature.
It is beneficial for the few who exploit the under-developed nations' labor force. But I can see how the living standard of this country (Canada) has shrunken due to the loss of industrial works.
The statistics only say how many new jobs were created, but they do not state how many were lost. The statistics do not say the value of the lost work in $ and the value of the new jobs in $ to the general public.
Those workers who lost their jobs as machine operators of tool and die makers, because the factory moved to the other side of the world, will never regain their pride, that they can carry their family through their work.
( Read the book called "Small is Beautiful" by E.F. Schumacher and you know what I am talking about.) {I know, I think too much!}