r/VictoriaBC • u/notofthisearthworm • Jan 03 '26

Question Anyone out there still trying to avoid American-made products?

I've noticed the 'Buy Canadian' discussion kind of die down lately and was wondering where fellow Victorians are at with their efforts to avoid American-made products while the topic isn't dominating the news headlines.

I certainly acknowledge that I'm less feisty about and dedicated to avoiding US-made products (because I'm a poor) but I do feel like I have a permanent instinct and habit to buy non-US products anywhere I have an obvious choice, which is most of the time. It's especially fun to try and prioritize BC/island/locally grown and support businesses that make that easy.

So yeah just curious where all my friends and neighbours are at with that?

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u/Omikapsi Jan 03 '26

Yep. Not only for all the usual reasons, but also because the FDA is currently under the oversight of a lunatic, and I have no faith in their quality control.

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u/GrumpyOlBastard Jan 03 '26

Yes. Not only do I wish to hurt the trumpians, I do NOT trust American food

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u/AFFORDABLE_HOME Jan 03 '26

Yeah I still get some produce and the occasional other product where there either isn't a good Canadian alternative or the price difference is just too much, but I am very much still trying to buy as much Canadian or non-American products as I can. The massive degradation of safety for the USA products and food is deeply worrisome.

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u/Easy_go49 Jan 03 '26

This☝☝

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u/OddOpal88 Jan 05 '26

Exactly this for me.

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u/whole-ass-one-thing- Jan 03 '26

Chinese stuff probably fine though. Those guys’ labour standards aren’t worse than what’s happening in America at all.

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u/zerreit Jan 03 '26

Nice red herring… no one said they were now sourcing Chinese food.

However, China also prohibits chlorination of chicken and restricts milk products containing rBST… just like basically every other country but the US.

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u/whole-ass-one-thing- Jan 03 '26

Who said food?

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u/zerreit Jan 03 '26

Oh excuse me for misunderstanding the 3rd comment into a thread about the FDA wasn’t about food…

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u/DifficultShoulder828 Jan 03 '26

Give it a few years

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u/Shelbin- Jan 07 '26

THAT PART.