Some Canadians boycott US products in protest against threatening tariffs

On By Littum

Some Canadians have begun boycotting American products and booing the US national anthem in professional sporting events in protest against President Donald Trump’s threatening tariffs.

“I’m cursed,” said Pierre Oliver, one of the many frustrated residents of the US Allied Nation, who follows Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invitation on Sunday to prioritize buying Canadian goods in return for Trump’s executive order who impose duty for customs. Canada, Mexico and China.

“It’s a fall in the bucket,” added Oliver, a 67-year-old Ontario business owner. “But that’s the only thing we can do.”

Trump on Saturday announced a 25% duty on imports from Mexico and Canada – excluding Canadian energy products, which would have a 10% duty. He also implemented a 10% duty on imports from China, citing the role that all three countries have played in the flow of Fentanyl and undocumented immigrants to the United States.

On Monday, Trump announced that the tariffs he had planned to implement for Mexican products will be on a break for a month after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 soldiers to the US and Mexico border to tackle the drugs about drugs.

But the American tariffs in Canada are ready to take effect Tuesday. Trudeau said that Canada will take retaliation by introducing a 25% tariff of approx. $ 106 billion of US goods.

Tim Houston, The Premier for Nova Scotia, officials said would instruct Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation to remove all alcohol from the US from their shelves starting on Tuesday.

Trudeau and Wab Kinew, the leader of Manitoba, also encouraged Canadians to buy homemade items.

“Now it’s time to choose products made right here in Canada,” Posted Trudeau on social media platforms. “Check the labels. Let’s do our part. Wherever we can, choose Canada. “

Kinew said shopping locally was a way to “beat back.” “Where you spend your money – they are some of the most important decisions you make,” Kinew wrote on social media.

At least An important facebook groupwhich was created many years ago to promote Canadian products and have more than 577,000 members, some shared proposals for Canadian alternatives to popular American brands, including power, Dawn, Lysol, Campbells and Starbucks. Others shared proud photos of their merchants containing zero US items.

“My first shopping trip with my new ‘Buy No Us mandate,’ ‘wrote a user on social media.

In a Loblaw City Market, another user on social media said he discovered “Made in British Columbia” marks in the corridors indicating which items were produced at home. The Canadian supermarket chain did not immediately confirm on Monday whether the labels were a response to the tariffs.

Photo showing 'Made in British Columbia' Tag at the Loblaws City Market in Canada on February 1, 2025.
Photo showing ‘Made in British Columbia’ Tag at the Loblaws City Market in Canada on February 1, 2025.William White

The visceral resistance to the tariffs was visible over the weekend when some Canadian sports fans booed performances of the star -spanged banner under Toronto Raptors Basketball Camp and NHLS Canucks Games held in Canadian, according to Associated Press.

For Oliver, the annoyed business owner, who is part of the boycott, the tariffs have hit a personal chord.

He said his grandfather, a former officer of the Royal Canadian Navy, helped put US troops on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, where the Allied forces landed in 1944 during World War II D-Day Invasion.

“This is not the world that my grandfather puts his life on the line,” Oliver said.

Meanwhile, Oliver, who has manufactured high-end model train sets for more than a dozen years, said he supports the worst.

“The endangered customs, it’s a chance to end my business,” he said.

About 95% of his sales come from the United States, Oliver said, adding that he might have to increase the cost of his sets currently selling for $ 65.

“Everyone has a rocking point,” he said. “A significant leap in the cost of the consumer could be enough for the consumer to say,” I’m not prepared to pay that kind of money at that time. ”” ”

Since Oliver is also dependent on some US -made raw materials to manufacture his products, he said he would also feel the effects of the tariffs on both ends.

“It’s all inflation pressure everywhere,” he said. “This is a massive betrayal with a legacy that goes back over a century.”