My partner and I haven’t stopped or slowed down. If anything, as more time passes we replace more and more staples and services with Canadian or, at the very least, not American.
For example, when it all kicked off, we had some subscriptions still going (usually pay for a year at a time). It took us time for those to run out and switch to alternatives, but we did.
Over time, we’ve learnt to live without certain products that were staples for us before. We weaned off things as we found replacements or just made do without.
Still not at 100% but we’re getting there. Doing our part.
The tricky part is when a company used to be Canadian, or looks Canadian, but is not a product of canada nor owned by Canada.
The product might just be “made in” or “prepared in” Canada, and on top of that not being owned by Canada anymore because of being bought out.
Yes, they don’t make it easy.
It is still worth the effort to read labels and use some of the available apps while shopping.
Alsi, foreign owned but made in Canada is still better than made in USA, if that is the only choice you are faced with.
Tim Hortons and Canadian Tire.
Tim Hortons pimps that “we are your national identity” shit so hard while using imported labour to sell substandard product at an inflated price.
Canadian Tire is still a Canadian company but the products sure aren’t. The time their inventory spends on the shelf is just a layover between a sweat shop and a landfill.
People should skip all fast food chains unless their locally owned.
Canadian Tire has a Paderno cookware manufatoring plant in PEI. There is also https://meyercanada.ca/ if people want to avoid CT. Their Frank chips might be made in Canada. But you’re right, most of it isn’t. But still better than say Walmart which is not Canadian owned to begin with.
Yeah there’s some things like cleaning products that are US only at the grocery store, but they have Canadian made alternatives in Canadian Tire. Don’t know why people are hating on Canadian Tire, they seem to be a little bit better than the grocery stores on this to me.
You’ve got to shop around. Some stuff you’re stuck buying online, but is worth asking the company if they’re willing to do e-transfer.
Or I could just stop into Canadian Tire on my way home from work when I need more dishwasher detergent…
Yes!
Canadian Tire is like a dollarstore now.
Yes if I had a dollar for everyone who recommends Habitant soups - nah owned by Campbells. The same with Old Dutch chips - owned by a company in Minnesota even if the chips are far more popular in Canada than in the US. Finding alternatives requires research, creativity, and sometimes paying more but that additional money often results in improved quality - e.g. Sprague soups vs Habitant. Sometimes you get to pay even less - Italpasta and Primo are brands I would have ignored that are actually good. It’s been a bit of a remix as far as our weekly shopping goes but it makes our purchases more informed and deliberate which saves us money.
I’m still doing my part! And will continue to do so forever.
The US folded a winning hand, not the least of which was our relationship with Canada.
I’ll never forgive MAGA.
I won’t forgive the US for allowing MAGA to win until they have a full on democratic socialist president. So, unlikely in my lifetime.
I do privilege Canadian products but my philosophy has been more, “Don’t buy American.”
The Eastern European and the Middle Eastern grocery / deli stores (among others) are magical places.
I discovered a little shop that sells normal convenience store items but also some incredibly delicious middle eastern delicacies. Some are imported spices and herbs that are hard to find elsewhere. It’s been fun trying new recipes to learn a few basic middle eastern dishes I have never made myself before. I wouldn’t have found this hidden gem if I hadn’t been purposefully seeking non-american variety in my grocery options.
Not with media, they still are fully committed to buying american tv, movies, streaming platforms, and songs.
I have moved back to the high seas for media.
Makes sense; a lot of our media is owned or otherwise influenced by the Americans.
I’ve been augmenting my music collection with local artists lately.
https://www.manitobamusic.com/songoftheweek
I assume most provinces have a similar resource.
Damn right it is!
To me it’s a life long thing. Don’t threaten my country.
I don’t buy Canadian per se, I just don’t buy anything from the United States or Israel.
Check your bagged citrus like clementines. The little placard on the shelf said “Spain” but the bag said “Israel”.
more “avoid American” than “buy Canadian” tbh
all the virtue signalers, don’t give up their American streaming platforms, or American movies do they. A bit hypocritical. Oh, I don’t buy one bag of carrots for 3 bux but I’ll spend hundreds supporting American media.
I dropped all US streamers, and switched to CBC Gem and Brit Box. Plus the high seas, of course.
This show is hilarious. https://gem.cbc.ca/catastrophe
I’ll have to check it out. I just got finished working through all of Murdoch Mysteries. Took a while.
No we gave that shit up too. Also stopped shopping at Jeff Bezos’ online sweatshop.
