Why many Canadians are digging in their heels
Because every level of american government has failed to do it's job of maintaining stability and have instead allowed a handfull of racist, bigoted, psychopaths to start wars, disrupt trade, and directly deal pain and death to their own people.
Is the news so slow that the CBC even needs to ask?
I buy Canadian first and anywhere but murica second. There is no third.
Trumpi America can go fuck itself!
I’m boycotting them for life. ♾️🖕🇺🇸🖕♾️
It's about survival and resisting the encroachment of a hostile foreign power. Simple as that. Appeasement will not save Canada. Only resistance and dissociation will.
Now imagune the effect if we was building alternstives to anything from the usa
Why? Because it got personal. Trump can verbally shit his policies all over the place but once he started talking about annexing (invading) Canada then the citizenry took notice. This is not a boycott hand in hand with the government of Canada. This is a boycott by the people at a grassroots level and it needed no organizing whatsoever.
Also why? (You probably said this but wanted to add my words) Unless you want your country to be batted around you need to stand strong. Is it for the best? Maybe not. Can we win? Probably not. But fighting authoritarian despots is needed to be a proper democracy. We can't bow down to fascism.
I'd rather pay more (or way more) and give the middle finger to the US government, fucking despot ruler. We need strong allies now and not our neighbors.
I do understand how some could not afford this luxury and I hope our government would help them through these times, because I think that's part of why I pay taxes to help the people who have less. I only wish it was more inclusive to help us grow as a country and tell others we helps others.
Hint: it's not the tariffs, we are used to that from the [redacted] from our southern border, it's the threats against our sovereignty
Not just the threats, but the deafening silence from Americans in general about it (outside Lemmy) is something we will not forget for a generation.
Exactly. The first trump presidency can be seen as a blip. The second was intentional.
Seriously. I have too many American friends who are confused when I tell them I have and will have no interest in going down to America, even if it's just to visit them, for the foreseeable future and they wonder why.
Could it be because your country was having open public discourse on the merits of annexing us? Or maybe that I don't want to get thrown into an ICE concentration camp for no reason?
Interesting that they would be confused at all. I have an interest, because Canada is cool, but I won't be visiting anytime soon because I know we are the worst and nobody is going to want us there. I also don't want to deal with assholes at the border, even though I'm a US citizen they have carte blanche to do anything they are in the mood for.
I'm not visiting canada because I'm afraid to come back. American border security gives 0 bucks about citizenship anymore
This is not the way things work. I don't think there is a dislike of the population in general, and in real life, if you're spending your money, no business is going to refuse or mistreat you.
Honestly, we're generally fine with individual Americans that are respectful. Not many of us, if any at all, will be rude towards you unless you're an openly hateful Trump supporter.
I'm finding all Americans distasteful these days. They have a taint these days.
Yeah the stench of Trump lingers on 70 million Muricans.
I certainly don’t judge Americans who come here unless they’re acting MAGAish (wearing the hat, American flag clothes, etc).
What gets me is that no one seems to be mentioning exactly what it means that US is entering their 'Papers please' phase, and that supporting a fascist state isn't a very Canadian thing to do.
Not wanting to be hassled at the border, or having our sovereignty threatened is an understandable reason for avoiding the US, but it's also pretty selfish.
I wish I see more people, and Canadian news media talking about the bigger side of it as in 'We don't support fascism'
That should be an integral part of our identity, especially if we want to ensure the Conservatives stop trying to normalise maple maga ideals.
Yeah even if the US wasn't threatening us, I'm not giving them more money to spend on torturing people.
My boycott is for life. Trust is earned slowly, and broken instantly.
Yup. I'm 50 and teaching my 10 year olds all about boycotting murica products and services. They're into it. It will be generational. Good luck getting us back.
Just got a quote for new ac and furnace installation. They sent the quote with both units being American made. I asked them if they can quote with non-US products. If they can't, I'll try another company..
Good! Stay safe. Stay far away.
In related news: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-canadian-investors-us-stocks-sun-life/
Canadian investors divested from U.S. equity funds in the first quarter at the highest rate since the start of the pandemic, moving their money into more conservative investments, according to a new report from Sun Life SLF-T. But people aren’t cashing out. Overall withdrawal rates remained stable, suggesting that investors are staying committed to their long-term savings.
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