CNBC Went To Canada To See The U.S. Product Boycotts — And What They Found Was Striking
CNBC Went To Canada To See The U.S. Product Boycotts — And What They Found Was Striking
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* Canadians @ American made goods and services * -
Can someone summarise? Lol
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I guess I shouldn't gripe because the person did share but, I really don't like it when I get a mysterious YouTube link to a clickbait title and have no idea what I'm going to get.
So I took the pain for the team, open that baby up in a private tab and skimmed through it.
Essentially it's a series of anecdotes from shopkeepers stating that customers no longer wish to purchase American products, they've stopped selling most American alcohols, the "Buy Canadian" movement is going to directly cost 10⁶ US workers their jobs as a result, and thats just scratching the surface.
It's a little bit of editorializing, a little bit of reporting, mostly interspersed with little anecdotes like a shopkeeper saying "oh we used to sell $60,000 of California wine a week and now thats all gone, we sell Canadian and French brands now"
Lather, rinse, repeat for 10 minutes.
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This is good and all, but I guarantee you customers who live in low income / poverty areas aren’t boycotting US products nearly as much.
Boycotting America products for a Canadian equivalent is privilege not everyone is allowed to afford.
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I live in a low income area. It's rural. It's one of the poorest places in the country. Lots of people are trying. They may not be able to go all in but they're trying.
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People do what they can. Big spenders would also have a larger impact on the boycott than low income. So let low income households get the deals on US produce and have them save some money! We saw strawberries from the US for $1.70 yesterday. I can’t ever remember seeing them that cheap here. And they looked really good too! I hope that helps families that might not be able to afford them usually or only rarely!
My household spends a fair bit on quality ingredients and we are making sure none of our money goes to the US. Even if it costs us more.
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That's right Americans. You voted for this. Time to suffer the consequences.
I for one do not buy products from any company where the end owner is American. I will keep doing this even if the tariffs go away. Some people may start buying American products again but I won't.
It's not about the taffis for me, it's about supporting a fascist oligarchy. When that changes (both the fascist, and the oligarchy), I'll start buying from them again. I'm not young and I don't expect it to happen in my lifetime.
Thing that really drove me to research where products came from was when the cheeto stained felon said he wanted to take Canada and Greenland. Like why? Other than he's not playing with a full deck. Both countries have done nothing to warrant it.
Didn’t vote for this but I support your actions. I won’t forget how yall supported the US after 9/11 and then we fucking give you this bullshit
Totally understand. I guess I could have worded it a bit better or added that more people SHOULD have gotten out and voted. But it doesn't help that it seems like everyday politicians in the US are trying to take away peoples ability to vote. So dumb. Also election days should be holiday's in every country in my opinion.
We pulled out all the stops the day of that's for sure. Especially with Operation Yellow Ribbon. Some of our smaller towns accepted so many aircraft that there was more passengers in the town then the actual population.
I do the same. I even sort through pineapples (Costa Rica) to find one brand (Pink Pelican) that’s from Ontario and not an US importer. Sometimes they only have the US import ones and I am just not buying pineapple that week. I find something else. Like kiwi from NZ.