As a commercial deadline with the USA. Cosca in Canada, we have been listening to the Canadians who carry the current commercial war in their own hands. Then we ask you to send an email ask@cbc.ca To tell us how and why he has been boycotting goods and trips. Dozens of you answered the call and told us what you are doing.
As expected, most mentioned looking for more Canadian products and adopting a mentality “anything but American” when Canadian alternatives are not available. He also told us about omitting travel to the US. And become more aware about where he is spending his money.
‘Rabious Tag Readers’
One of the most common things we hear from Canadians is that they have become more attentive when it comes to reading labels in the groceries to see where a product has been made.
“I am still reviewing the labels to make sure that everything I buy is made in Canada or in a country friendly with trade,” Rita Bailey told us.
Bailey also said he is willing to take the time to investigate where a product comes from before buying it.
“Buying this way makes me stop and think: ‘Do I really need this?’ He has encouraged me to step out of consumer culture, and that is good for my bank account and for my mental/spiritual well -being. “
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Larry Sharpe told us that he and his wife have been boycotting American products since the day Donald Trump was sworn in office and that the latest tariff policies of the president of the United States have only reinforced his position.
“My wife and I are fervent buyers of Canadian products, almost from day one.” Sharpe wrote.
“We become rabid label readers.”
Refuse to cross the border
Sharpe told us that his boycott extends beyond reading labels and buying Canadian. He says he will not cross the border despite living about 20 minutes by car.
“We refuse to cross the border, although we often did it in the era prior to Trump.”
Gino Paolone also says that he will not travel to the United States, despite living near the border in Thorold, Ontario, and being a frequent traveler there in the past.
“I would go to the United States twice a month, either to go shopping, gasoline, dinner and an annual golf trip,” Paolone told CBC News. “Now I refuse to review and support their economy while trying to destroy ours.”
Local alternatives
We also listen to people who move personal goods or investments from the United States to Canada, canceling transmission services, stopping their snow -bird migration patterns and finding alternatives in their communities.
“[I] Try to buy all my products in the local farmers market, “wrote Karen Mount.
When you can’t find a good Canadian option, he told us to look for a non -American substitute.
“I was buying products from Mexico during the winter, which I did not do before January 2025. Verify where things are done and return them if they are made in the United States”
Mount says he only yielded for a product during his boycott.
“The only element in which I have yielded are the smart socks. They are really good.”
A boycott for life
Others wrote us to say that they can never see themselves again buying products or traveling to the country again.
“You may never buy me without making sure it is a Canadian product,” Garry Semple told CBC News.
“I get more angry the more.”
Rita Bailey told us something similar.
“I am 75 years old and I can’t see that this changes for the duration of my life. I will not go back and pray so that our leaders either,” he said.
