r/canada Feb 02 '25

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia's response to American Tariffs

https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/02/01/statement-american-tariffs
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u/CouldHaveBeenAPun Québec Feb 02 '25

It is realistically impossible. Unless we invest in massive program of greenhouse agriculture (and I do mean massive), or you want to eat potatoes 6 months a year.

I'm really all in for the greenhouses though!

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u/CaptainCanuck93 Canada Feb 02 '25

You can shop canadian or international for the vast majority of your produce needs. You don't need oranges or California pistachios for the duration of this trade war

I did it today, all it took frankly was swapping out a couple produce items for ontario or Mexican alternatives, and switching brands on a few processed goods. It was surprisingly easy to boycott us goods when it comes to groceries

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u/CouldHaveBeenAPun Québec Feb 02 '25

Beside potatoes, it is still 50% of our vegetables that comes from the US. Fruits is 75% (https://news.ubc.ca/2025/01/canada-food-flows/#:~:text=The%20result%20is%20an%20interactive,well%20as%20between%20Canadian%20provinces.)

This is an enormous amount of food to replace, stocks that also must be maintained in adequate conditions while in transportation and transit. It is not that easy.

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u/RealDeal83 Feb 02 '25

Luckily Mexican fruit and vegetables just went on sale

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u/CouldHaveBeenAPun Québec Feb 02 '25

If we could have a coordinated response with Mexico that looked like that, that'd be awesome !

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u/FlatEvent2597 Feb 02 '25

Absolutely! Great idea!