Ontario and Québec are sitting on $97 million in unsold American booze. Trump’s new tariffs are the perfect excuse to sell it.
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Provincial alcohol bans have drawn presidential notice. Ontario and Québec should now sell their U.S. inventories as a goodwill gesture while continuing to ban imports.
‘Prepared in Canada’ signage in a store in the town of St. Andrews, N.B., in May 2025.
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A new study finds Canadians were far more likely to report boycotting American products, services and travel than those in the U.K. and France.
Electronic shelf labels show a maple leaf along with the price, indicating items made or produced in Canada, as a customer reaches for a carton of eggs at a grocery store in Ottawa on April 2, 2025.
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Though still in its early stages, the ‘Buy Canadian’ movement is already delivering promising results across the retail sector.
The conduct of large Canadian grocery chains such as Loblaws, whose flagship Maple Leaf Gardens location is pictured in this January 2025 snapshot, has come under fire as Canadians face rising grocery costs.
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With tariff threats looming over the grocery aisle, perhaps its time to rethink how Canadian supermarkets do business.
A significant number of Canadians are now showing a strong preference for domestic products. Shoppers seen in Montréal in November 2024.
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Does the Buy Canadian movement represent lasting change in consumer behaviour, or is it just a temporary response to geopolitical tensions?
A sign encouraging shoppers to buy Canadian products at a liquor store in Vancouver on Feb. 2, 2025. Shoppers have been caught up in the buy Canadian fervour since U.S. President Donald Trump began threatening to apply tariffs on imports from Canada.
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Most of us as consumers decide what to buy based on the price and quality of goods. But our values play a role in our decision-making: what we buy and where we buy it is influenced by our beliefs.
U.S. President Donald Trump left the recent G7 summit in a fury about Justin Trudeau and vowing an escalated trade war. Canadians are responding by going Trump-free at the grocery stores – but it will likely be short-lived.
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Every now and then, Canadians will take a stand against the U.S. by choosing Canadian items over American ones at the grocery store. Unless they cost more – and most often, they do.