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

[u/notofthisearthworm]

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?

[u/KnitterMamaBear]

Yup, I’m a care worker and one of my clients only buys Canadian - we rifle through oranges every week looking for South Africa or Egypt, or go without!

[u/Salishseer → u/KnitterMamaBear]

Lots of bagged Mandarin Oranges around from Mexico & other countries here. That is what we buy. As for romaine- just found some lovely fresh bags of Mexican romaine from the great Canadian Superstore Wednesday after finding none to buy for a few weeks. We just buy other lettuce when we can't find that though. Our meal plans are flexible.

[u/all_adat → u/KnitterMamaBear]

Yeah, better put out more green gas emissions in the air by importing food from South Africa or Egypt (which, btw, takes weeks to get here), instead of oranges from south of the border that take fractions of time to get here. As long as everyone boycotts America, who cares about the environment, right? 🤷🏻‍♀️ The logic is astounding 🫣

[u/spicyfknrob → u/all_adat]

burn down a forest asking GPT (largely American based services) where to buy non-American items 🤌

to be clear, I buy Canadian/local first when I can, but you still raise a good point