Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living

Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living

This week the US imposed 50% tariffs on US$20bn (£15bn) of Canadian goods, and Mark Carney, the country’s prime minister, has vowed to match them “dollar for dollar” after the collapse of trade talks between the two countries last weekend. Donald Trump retaliated on Thursday by ordering the federal government to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America.

Such actions have added fuel to a widespread boycott of US products and services by Canadians that began early last year in response to the president’s trade war and threats to annex his northern neighbour.

More than 3,500 people from across Canada shared with the Guardian via an online callout how they have made changes to their lives in response to the US administration’s political and economic stance. Many expressed deep anger and sadness, but remained resolute that this was now a new way of living.

  • group_hug@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    67·
    7 hours ago

    So are iPhones, Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

    Canadians only seem willing to boycott farmers not the powerful men that have Trumps ear and put him in power to enact their will.

    America has already completed a near 100% digital conquest of Canada with near zero resistance. No wonder they are surprised that there is pushback about “51st state”

    Trump Inauguration

    • overcast5348@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 hours ago

      Aren’t most farmers voting for team red? It’s easier to change whose produce I buy this weekend than it is to change my phone’s OS.

      I have quit reddit, Instagram, Dropbox, and dropped down to a free tier of Google since the boycotts began though. It’s a work in progress to be rid of all commercial us tech.

      • Azal@pawb.socialEnglish
        3·
        4 hours ago

        Aren’t most farmers voting for team red?

        US here, yes. The Ag industry is heavily Republican and you can tell it by all the handouts they keep getting from them. They’re also a bunch of millionaires who cry the second anything goes sideways then comes out better. The mom & pop farms that people think of are almost nonexistent, especially after the last time the republicans convinced them to do a farmers strike decades ago, which lost a lot of small farms to big corporations.

      • karlhungus@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        6 hours ago

        Software (app store), significant portion made in usa.

        Also more important: significant portion of the money goes to USA excelutives.

        I types this on a google phone, I’m in the same boat.