"So we're going to introduce legislation immediately that permits any employee, any employee no matter where you work ... to wear a poppy, and making sure that no employer can force someone not to wear a poppy." WATCH | The Whole Foods poppy controversy discussed in House of Commons:Conservatives call on Canadians to boycott Whole Foods over poppy controversy 1:28 Ontario Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre called for the boycott at the start of question period. 1:28Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson also spoke out against the chain's poppy policy, calling on the company to reverse what he called an "idiotic decision" and urging them to apologize to Canada's veterans. I proudly wear a poppy every year, heck I even have a tattoo of one. An employee of the sole Whole Foods location in Ottawa told CBC she was told by a supervisor that wearing the poppy would be seen as "supporting a cause."

Source: CBC News November 06, 2020 15:50 UTC