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Canada: Removes US liquor from shelf
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US: Bans Canadian liquor
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this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2026
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Our stuff is better anyway, so I'll just keep buying Canadian... Or anything that ISN'T from the US. Simple, easy choice, really.
This, twice. Give me Crown over Jack any day.
The USA has been fucking us over for decades not just since they elected their god emperor. There is greenhouse produce available all year and frozen for the few times it is not.
Yup, which is why we should have been diversifying decades ago. Kudos to Carney for doing it now, but like... this really shouldn't be the conversation in 2026.
If there's not a Canadian streaming option, there's always piracy. I'm not so much doing "Buy Canadian" as I am doing "Buy Not American" or not buy at all.
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CBC Gem for what it has, piracy for the rest.
This is the Maple way
Letβs keep it up lads.
Yet Walmart is still raking in the $$$...
I mean, sometimes cheapest wins. As long as what you're walking out with is Canadian or at least not American. Personally my other options are Loblaws and Metro, and between the three of them milk is usually cheaper at Walmart, just as an example. And yes, I buy a Canadian brand.
βFunβ fact: Walmart has/had an entire business strategy that boils down to:
- Enter new market,
- Undercut new market, using established stores to support the new one,
- Pay employees poorly so that they canβt afford established businesses even if they wanted to,
- Drive out local businesses/any competition at all,
- Jack up prices so store can be successful.
Buying cheap from Walmart is not a good idea.
Neither is getting ripped off by Loblaws.
Walmart should be avoided, always. Cheapest does not win. You lose later while thinking you won. And the rich that own big chains like Walmart know that.
And in about 15 minutes someone's gonna come by and tell me to avoid Loblaws. In about half an hour someone else is gonna come by and tell me to avoid Metro. Those are kind of the options in most of the country.
Boils down to 2 things
- Do the best you can.
- Be honest with yourself whether you really are doing the best you can.
Cycle through those two and you're golden.
I would add: 3. Do your best, not someone else's.
If you're making $80k and living in Toronto you do not get to complain that the thing I can afford at $30k in rural Ontario is not doing the best I can, unless you're offering to pay for my relocation and support me until I'm also making $80k.
CBC Gem is an excellent addition to Canadian streaming options.
Not as commonly mentioned, but National Film Board of Canada has a lot of great selections.
Thanks for that tip! Some interesting choices there.
As an American, I watch these all the time! Iβve seen some great stuff on here, especially documentaries
Thank you! Your the best! Authentically speaking, they have very good, underated, and unknown films.
I was always looking for Canadian. Especially in terms of groceries (produce, meat etc). Now I just have another reason. Canadian or at least non American and thatβs probably for life.
Very annoying that local produce is more expensive than US ones. Strawberries, blueberries, etc.
Do you want cheaper blueberries or blueberries uncontaminated by E. coli and Cyclosporiasis?
Thats because they have lower food safety and labour standards down there...
That's also corporate funding and buying power. They will fund lower prices to crush the little guy and then raise their prices when the little guys are gone.
They can buy their fertilizer, diesel, and seeds in bulk at discount. Your little guy cannot.
And when there's a disaster localized to you?
Your little guy will be there, keeping his produce on the shelf, while the big guys products can't get through because shipping routes are closed.
Local produce, when in season, is worth the extra price. We buy ours from a garden center that has an agreement with area farmers. Much better berries than you can buy at the grocery store.
Most centrists gave up on the loblaws boycott after a month.
I doubt most Canadians are boycotting u.s goods.
We totally are.
I doubt most Canadians are boycotting u.s goods
Your doubts don't match my experience. I still see people in stores reading labels and putting things back I'd thwy say "made in USA ".
All depends what they're buying. If you drink Coke or Pepsi, for example, that would be an American brand made and/or bottled in Canada. And this is why this whole trade war thing is dumb.
Also:
Most centrists gave up on the loblaws boycott after a month.
I didn't even know there was a Loblaws boycott. I only shop there if I have no other option.
We just gave up purchasing stuff that was like that. A little pain now to send a message to the USA is worth it . they keep crabbing about us and their sales so it must be working.
I found this some days ago, not sure how viable this might be over time, but having this on products to make it easier to identify their origin might help consumers prioritize products made in Canada with Canadian ingredients
Amazing, Americans would have given up by now if the shoe were on the other foot.
I don't know about that. They seem more worried about not being able to sell to us than not being able to buy from us.
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