Considering how much stuff isn’t made in the US anymore, this should be easy. For a real challenge, try avoiding items made in China.
That'll go about as well as reading the TOS on everything before clicking agree
I'm American and I'd rather buy Canadian too
I’m joining the war on Canada… on the side of Canada. 🇨🇦
Then we shall turn this continent into an orgy of maple syrup!
I'm American and I'd rather be Canadian, too. Best I can do is Mexican and that's looking better every day.
I'm currently switching all my computing/cloud stuff over to Canadian and/or EU providers. I'm going to move my domains to Easy DNS and try out a VPS from LunaNode.
I was about to say there's TunnelBear VPN, but, just found out they've been acquired by McAfee , so boo.
I use Mullvad, based in Sweden. Works great for me.
Most of my groceries accidentally end up being nearly all Canadian products.
I haven't really needed to buy anything other than groceries this past week, but I have been looking for alternatives to other products I'll eventually need, and I will make buying Canadian first a priority, followed by Not American™ as a close second. 😂
Anyone have suggestions for Canadian cat food that isn't overpriced? I've got like 15 cats so I go through a lot in a month.
Most Purina products are at least produced and manufactured in Canada. I have been using the beyond line of products and my cats love it.
Sadly, it is a mega agro corp.
I guess it uses Canadian farms, but Purina is owned by Nestlé.
Dammit.
I knew there was a catch.
Huh TIL. I've mainly been feeding them that and the co-op stuff (Which they don't care for so I usually blend them together.)
Acana is Canadian, though they are not super cheap but certainly not the most expensive either. My dogs like it, and one of them is a picky eater.
Most of my groceries are either already made in Canada or imported from Mexico. I didn't have to change much.
It's not a cheap way to shop, I will admit, but it can be done. Canada makes a lot of food, especially here in BC where I live. Beef, pork, sausages, honey, dairy, milk-alternatives, breads, and so much more.
For non-grocery items there are numerous retailers that are Canadian. London Drugs is a great one here in western Canada. Online shopping is a bit harder because Amazon is so hard to replicate, but honestly at that point I just buy from Aliexpress. If I'm going to order cheap crap online I'll just get it from the source instead of sending money to the US.
Seconded. half the stuff on Amazon is legendary brands like FleySwui08 or Glai77Zalo or Blukogluko. All highly recommended, of course.
It's generally going well. I already did this boycott once before during Trump 1.0, so I know what do look for.
It's a bit harder this time around because there are things we need where a Canadian (or at least non-American) alternative doesn't exist. The big one is diapers, as we haven't been able to find anything non-American that also works within our budget and time constraints.
It's unfortunate, but also only temporary. My kids should be out of diapers in a few years, provided the world doesn't end before then.
Contact your local store to order https://www.royale.ca/diapers Made in New Brunswick.
Last year I moved from Ontario to Spain so avoiding American products has been pretty easy at the grocery store. The main thing has been cancelling online American services like Netflix, Amazon, Google one, Youtube Premium, etc.
Cancel them, but don't stop watching American stuff you like. Just don't pay for it.
This is the way 🏴☠️
I had to buy moisturizer. I saw two on the shelf. Flipped the labels, one was made in USA, the other made Canada. I picked the latter. That was it.
Get Cutibase if you can find it. Made in Quebec, works really well, scent-free.
I bought Cetaphil. Would look into Cutibase next time around.
As someone who isn't a North American... What is a salad kit?
A mix of greens in a bag, often with a pouch of dressing and a bag of nuts tossed in as well.
Thank you... You know, that sounds mighty civilised.
they're pretty handy if you only want one salad, instead of eating it every day
It's not really cost effective versus buying separate but way cheaper than going to a salad place and it saves stocking space for different toppings and dressings. We started eating more salads because we dont have to eat the same kind daily.
Not much changed for me personally, I already mostly buy local.
Btw if you really want to hurt america see if you can modify your rrsp/resp/tfsa/<other 4 letter acronym> to exclude American companies (and O&G while your at it). It's hard and probably not good from a purely financial perspective, but I think it has a lot more impact.
Yeah it's going well. I already knew in November that Trump was going to fuck up the economy one way or another, so I bought a handful of bigger ticket stuff from the states at that time for Black Friday.
The main food staple I've had to change so far is baby carrots, I usually get the California organic ones in bulk at Costco. I just have to make a separate trip to my smaller local grocer for substitutes.
Very disappointed to hear Silk NextMilk is made in America. Other plant based milks just aren't the same. Have you found a good alternative?
Have u tried making peanut milk at home? It doesn't take more than 10 min and is incredibly underrated.
Excellent grocery shopping today. We didn’t buy anything US (we think). The red cabbage didn’t have any country listed and we assumed it’s Mexican since the green ones were. We didn’t have to switch lots but for some products we bought alternatives: taco shells, granola bars, salsa. We also found some Canadian stuff sold out or almost: ketchup, cereal (we picked a different Canadian one). It’s fun to try new stuff! Also really excited about tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, lettuce and basil from Alberta! This is very early in the year for us to get local produce!
Signed up for the Odd Bunch. You get imperfect produce which is still perfectly edible delivered all from local producers. Like a CSA share. It actually ends up being less expensive than the store. You'll have to be creative in using it up, but it's a great option. Link: https://go.referralcandy.com/share/9TSC9RD?s=sp&t=cp
I'm American:(
Your in a prime position to sabotage then!
I work at a Walmart. I can fart on stuff
then you have more influence for change than the rest of us, friend. Buying Canadian products also means lobbying small businesses to purchase supplies from Canada. and if you happen across someone who doesn't understand what's going on, let them know. Hopefully they'll tell 2 friends, and so on.
I'm American, and not buying American has been the norm for decades. So far, it's working out pretty well.
The other day I took my German car to the Asian market to pick up curry ingredients and enjoyed the night watching the Red Green show sooooooo.....pretty great honestly. 👍
sighs in American
hon, we don't hate you. but we're really not happy with your Emperor.
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