The primary characteristic of all individualism is that every individual in society is inextricably linked to every other individual. So somehow by saying you're following a freemarket doctrine, you're going to let the invisible hand of the free market dictate and as an individual you're going to have to adapt to that. That's not how it works. Markets are tools. You use those tools, but you use them for the collective good.
More people enter the coat room.
More handshakes, hugs. There is a lot of social fabric. The fact is, there are macro policies at play in Canada being promoted by the federal government and large corporate groups are making it extremely difficult for any small and medium sized production to take place.