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The 'Buy Canadian' movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of US-based consumer companies that banked on selling their products on Canadian retail shelves reut.rs/3Y8EZqE

reut.rsAs ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more US companies say retailers turning away their productsThe "Buy Canadian" movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of U.S.-based consumer companies that banked on selling their products on Canadian retail shelves.

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This is about Trump's constant threats to economically crush and annex 🇨🇦. One food bank received 500kg of unsold 🇺🇲 produce over 4 weeks. 🇨🇦 company Loblaws is investing $10B in expansion in 🇨🇦 retail. It takes 30 days to change buying habits, 🇨🇦 is over that threshold. Boycott 🇺🇲.

Yes, checking labels has become habit now. And getting opportunities to try Canadian products I didn’t know were out there ♥️ For me, this is likely a permanent shopping habit, so he’s done long term damage.

"A dramatic reshuffling of Canada's retail shelves illustrates the impact of patriotic consumerism in Canada, which imported nearly $350 billion of products from the [US] in 2024 ..." To play on Springsteen's lyrics from "My Hometown", "Those consumers are going, boys, and they ain't coming back."

Good, message received then. Elections have consequences. Actions have consequences. Bad news, it will be very very very hard to undo now. And you can't even start until all the trade actions initiated against Canada are fully and permamently reversed.

I call on all citizens of the world to boycott US products. We are in the grip of fascists. Don't support our lunatic billionaires, please. Yes, it's our fight, the sane people that are left in the US but we need everyone's help choking off their funding. Buy local, buy European, don't buy USA

Australian here, last year I purchased several US products but no longer. I need new vacuum cleaner & discovered 2 brands I looked at were made in US. I won’t buy either and I’ll buy British or German instead #BoycottUS.

Good. The only way to make this kleptocratic tyranny listen is if the international markets dry up entirely. As an American, I am begging the rest of the world, DO NOT buy American. Don't buy our products, don't go see Disney movies, don't spend money on American companies at all if you can help it.

If you’re a union member, talk to your leadership time to start pushing for a national strike from all unions. Stop this race to the bottom. You’ll get blown off, but keep pushing. Get to those union meetings. I know it’s been a while, but show up! Never under estimate the power of just showing up

Canadian Rye is delicious. Lots of Canadian goods at grocery outlet and the dollar stores. I’ll continue to stand with the democracy to our north whether we continue to be a democracy or not. Don’t buy Kentucky bourbon.

Gee, gosh. I wonder what happened? I mean you'd HAVE TO do something STUPID like threaten tariffs to get other countries to NOT wanna do business with you. NObody'd be THAT stupid, would they? I mean, c'mon. They'd just be stating a trade war. NObody wins a trade war!

A New Brunswick friend sent a “care package” this month filled with wonderful Canadian products & merch to me in the Midwest. 🤩 Gotta admit the coffee crunch bar was delicious 😋 & I’m looking fwd to wearing my new hat. 🤗 Still trying to rally behind the ketchup chips though. 😝 Thank you! ☺️

I'm the CEO of a company and I've been explaining to American manufacturers and distributors that unfortunately Canada has to look for more stable suppliers and trading partners.

Those selfish, shortsighted people made this bed with their vote last Nov. Now we are all stuck on this train ride without a competent conductor.

This movement is a grass roots 🇨🇦 citizen movement, not from the government. Citizens have been pressuring the government which is especially relevant right now in a 🇨🇦 federal election. Also pressuring businesses - I am enjoying clementine oranges from Spain instead of 🇺🇲. ❤️🇨🇦

It's not your fault though. For decades you've been fed a diet of American exceptionalism, and the rest of the world being desperate to be American. Now, that facade is crumbling and realism is coming to American people.

Trump's foul policies and actions show the world what an extreme right-wing fascist and egregious government is. Within 2 months, he nearly destroyed the world order that brought a long-lasting peace to the Western world. Thanking Americans who are fighting and suffering for the world.

I’ve been doing this for the past two months. I didn’t realize how I had been mindlessly choosing U.S. products. I’m finding local options that are fresher and the price isn’t much more. I’m not going back. Certainly not now that the U. S. has defunded regulatory bodies. Breton crackers are great!

One thing that I’ve learned with this though, is Canada clearly needs improvements on their labels. It’s not always clear where product is imported from/where the ingredients are sourced. Regulations definitely left some grey area for these businesses and not in best interest of consumers.

Canadian's are polite until you piss us off, and then we aren't. The Orange Felon's threats to annex Canada and his tariffs pissed us off. We have united in buying Canadian and/or pretty much anywhere but USA!! 💪🇨🇦💪

CEOs supported Trump because they thought he would be good for business. They pretended not to hear all his insane ideas about destroying the economy. Having a madman in the White House is bad for everyone.

I am vehemently only buying Canadian. It is quite an experience to be shopping and checking every label, and then to see almost every shopper doing the same thing. Store announcements are encouraging us to buy Canadian and look for the 🇨🇦. It’s a movement.

From a consumer perspective, I can't help but feel that Trump's behaviour has triggered a permanent 'off' switch for many of us. So many of the people I know (UK) are going out of their way not to buy American, the tariffs almost become irrelevant. He can lift them all, but we still won't buy.

Thank you, Deann, same here. I'm washing my hands permanently of visiting the US or buying American products or services. Tariffs that hurt our economy and workers are cruel, but it's Trump's threats to our *sovereignty* and nat'l security that make my boycott permanent. bsky.app/profile/4ani...

Lori Sirianni@4animallife.bsky.social

"A dramatic reshuffling of Canada's retail shelves illustrates the impact of patriotic consumerism in Canada, which imported nearly $350 billion of products from the [US] in 2024 ..." To play on Springsteen's lyrics from "My Hometown", "Those consumers are going, boys, and they ain't coming back."

I agree, I’d love to see someone in the mainstream press in the UK publish a guide on what US products to easily avoid. It’s not always that easy to tell where the ultimate owners are from. Tesla is an easy one of course but others less so.

I've been thinking for a few weeks about what I actually buy that has US content. For most of us, it's online services which make up the overwhelming majority of our US-sourced consumption: Apple, Netflix, X, Instagram, Amazon, Google etc. 1/n

But there seem to be surprisingly few US goods. I'm sure there's some US corn syrup or similar which gets into some of my food. There's probably US IP embedded in some of the goods I buy produced elsewhere Apart from that, the main thing I came up with was Weber barbecues (which are excellent!) 2/2

I don't do the fast food/coffee shop outlets, anyway. Am not buying from Amazon, Heinz/Kraft, Kelloggs, Gillette, J&J, P&G, Coca/Pepsi Cola brands, Mondelez/Cadbury, Kimberly-Clark, US clothing. Harder to boycott tech - maybe there's a lesson in that, for the development of alternatives?

Been getting the majority of my groceries from the farmers market nearby for a few months now. It’s been great. Most everything I have is local, if not Canadian. Still buying some international products from friendly countries just not from the US

Perhaps these stupid CEOs should reflect on their voting decisions then consider the famous Republican answer to people they hurt: Fuck your feelings. #AmericaShow #Republican suckers.

Price-controls are coming. First in auto-sector. Sounds nice to consumer, but means companies eat the tariff and leads to layoffs and inventory shortage. Trump will extend price-control on more as midterms near, further ruining business. Americans not rich enough to cover losses.