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Trump demands all Canadian companies doing business with the US move to America ‘immediately’
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2026
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To all Canadians:
The only way we're not going to end up another victim of this lunatic and his kind is if we all act, every one of us. I still see Starbucks overflowing. I still see people porking out on McDonald's, Popeyes, Wendy's. People still filling up their baskets with Coca Cola and Lays potato chips.
What the fuck, people? We did way better when this when this all started, US produce was rotting on the shelves. He's literally attacking us now and I would hope that could at least get us back to that point.
You. Yes you. Stop. It's not just a coke. It's not just your favorite fries. It's evidence that your dependence on US crap is too high and needs correcting.
Most of that crap is just licensed American IP produced locally. Cutting it out isn't even going to be as impactful as other things and will harm local manufacturers and suppliers.
Boycotts need to target direct things. People have been making those choices at the grocery store quite effectively. Liquor and oranges. Web services need to be the next target with government support. Tax Netflix and friends into paying into our culture as they always should have been.
Don't forget Tom Hortons is US owned now and if that's not enough maybe their Harry Branding on everything right now can help, I see Tim Hortons Harry Potter trash all along the roads lately.
Yeah Tim's is another chain that's been Americanized for sure. Both in ownership and the way they ratfuck customers with inferior service and quality now.
A&W, Bar burrito, local independent joints..... That's pretty much it for me.
Also something I don't hear said enough is: with boycotts, anything is better than nothing. If you really can't live without Coca-Cola, that doesn't have to stop you cutting down on everything else. Just making the small effort on the shelves to check the label goes a long way.
Lol, all the USA exports is junk. Social media that's bad for us. Food that's bad for us. Drinks that are bad for us. On an individual and societal level.
I like fender. But basically its only registered in the us. Made in china et. al.
At least of partial blame is all the franchisee's of those fast food places claiming "100% Canadian owned and operated" (I've seen these signs) and people falling for it, meanwhile they tithe back the licensing fees for the franchise.
100% of profits expatriated!
From my brief research it seems it's about a 50/50 split of profits (corporate measures in gross revenue though, so no Hollywood accounting to get out of it), and a large chunk of the corporate half goes to advertising.