Where were you in Canada? I definitely didn’t have the same experience (in the GTA). Lots of Canadian Tire money circulation and regular trips there in my house, but it was not a thing beyond Canadian Tire.
I still have some bills from the late 90's early 2000's when I was in Canada travelling and needed to pick up some cheap camping gear. I thought it was cool that they came in such low denominations (5c, 10c, 25c, probably more).
> Unlike with paper Canadian Tire money, eCTM can be earned on purchases paid for with a credit card. Extra eCTMs is earned when paying with a Triangle credit card issued by CTFS.
Card also has the weird quirk of allowing and rewarding bill payments (telecom, power, property tax)
It is now a consumer tracking program and shouldn’t even be associated with the old paper based program
Junk junk junk.
I grew up loving the place. I never shop there now.
They even orchestrated a joint buy out of Panerno, a 60+ year old quality cookware manufacturer in Canada, which used Canadian steel for all its stainless. Canadian Tire kept the name, and now peddkes crappy poor quality cookware under the name.
Their co-purchaser, a Chinese firm, wanted a way to inject low quality Chinese steel into the North American market as "Made in Not-China".
Lie about brand history to make a quick buck, that's modern Canadian Tire.
I doubt there is anything in a Canadian tire that’s made in Canada anymore with the exception of toilet paper and motor oils that wouldn’t make sense to ship