My partner and I haven't stopped or slowed down. If anything, as more time passes we replace more and more staples and services with Canadian or, at the very least, not American.

For example, when it all kicked off, we had some subscriptions still going (usually pay for a year at a time). It took us time for those to run out and switch to alternatives, but we did.

Over time, we've learnt to live without certain products that were staples for us before. We weaned off things as we found replacements or just made do without.

Still not at 100% but we're getting there. Doing our part.

[–] dudesss@piefed.ca 39 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The tricky part is when a company used to be Canadian, or looks Canadian, but is not a product of canada nor owned by Canada.

The product might just be "made in" or "prepared in" Canada, and on top of that not being owned by Canada anymore because of being bought out.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, they don't make it easy.

It is still worth the effort to read labels and use some of the available apps while shopping.

Alsi, foreign owned but made in Canada is still better than made in USA, if that is the only choice you are faced with.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Yes, they don't make it easy.

100% on purpose, then the same companies push for "personal responsibility" and "vote with your wallet" movements, instead of real regulation, knowing full well they can misinform us into doing whatever they want

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Tim Hortons and Canadian Tire.

Tim Hortons pimps that "we are your national identity" shit so hard while using imported labour to sell substandard product at an inflated price.

Canadian Tire is still a Canadian company but the products sure aren't. The time their inventory spends on the shelf is just a layover between a sweat shop and a landfill.

[–] dudesss@piefed.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

People should skip all fast food chains unless their locally owned.

Canadian Tire has a Paderno cookware manufatoring plant in PEI. There is also https://meyercanada.ca/ if people want to avoid CT. Their Frank chips might be made in Canada. But you're right, most of it isn't. But still better than say Walmart which is not Canadian owned to begin with.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah there's some things like cleaning products that are US only at the grocery store, but they have Canadian made alternatives in Canadian Tire. Don't know why people are hating on Canadian Tire, they seem to be a little bit better than the grocery stores on this to me.

[–] dudesss@piefed.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You've got to shop around. Some stuff you're stuck buying online, but is worth asking the company if they're willing to do e-transfer.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or I could just stop into Canadian Tire on my way home from work when I need more dishwasher detergent...

[–] dudesss@piefed.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Yes!

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Canadian Tire is like a dollarstore now.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Or the famous "Designed in Canada". I hate that

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Yes if I had a dollar for everyone who recommends Habitant soups - nah owned by Campbells. The same with Old Dutch chips - owned by a company in Minnesota even if the chips are far more popular in Canada than in the US. Finding alternatives requires research, creativity, and sometimes paying more but that additional money often results in improved quality - e.g. Sprague soups vs Habitant. Sometimes you get to pay even less - Italpasta and Primo are brands I would have ignored that are actually good. It's been a bit of a remix as far as our weekly shopping goes but it makes our purchases more informed and deliberate which saves us money.

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 months ago

I'm still doing my part! And will continue to do so forever.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The US folded a winning hand, not the least of which was our relationship with Canada.

I’ll never forgive MAGA.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

I won't forgive the US for allowing MAGA to win until they have a full on democratic socialist president. So, unlikely in my lifetime.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I do privilege Canadian products but my philosophy has been more, "Don't buy American."

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The Eastern European and the Middle Eastern grocery / deli stores (among others) are magical places.

[–] sdfric88@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

I discovered a little shop that sells normal convenience store items but also some incredibly delicious middle eastern delicacies. Some are imported spices and herbs that are hard to find elsewhere. It's been fun trying new recipes to learn a few basic middle eastern dishes I have never made myself before. I wouldn't have found this hidden gem if I hadn't been purposefully seeking non-american variety in my grocery options.

[–] garbagehead@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Not with media, they still are fully committed to buying american tv, movies, streaming platforms, and songs.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 months ago

I have moved back to the high seas for media.

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago

Makes sense; a lot of our media is owned or otherwise influenced by the Americans.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

I've been augmenting my music collection with local artists lately.

https://www.manitobamusic.com/songoftheweek

I assume most provinces have a similar resource.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m Cascadian and I still buy Canadian when I can, and I don’t even live there.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As a Canadian who doesn't buy American if I can help it, I don't feel bad subscribing to Mother Jones and Skeptical Raptor. They are Americans fighting the current ills of America, which can only help me.

[–] hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Costco told Fat Joffrey to GFY with his "anti-DEI" foolishness, which is why I don't feel bad maintaining my membership there.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Another good example of supporting those who buck the trends.

[–] bowreality@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago

Damn right it is!

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

To me it’s a life long thing. Don’t threaten my country.

[–] SnowzSan@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't buy Canadian per se, I just don't buy anything from the United States or Israel.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Check your bagged citrus like clementines. The little placard on the shelf said "Spain" but the bag said "Israel".

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

more "avoid American" than "buy Canadian" tbh

[+] garbagehead@lemmy.ca -9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

all the virtue signalers, don't give up their American streaming platforms, or American movies do they. A bit hypocritical. Oh, I don't buy one bag of carrots for 3 bux but I'll spend hundreds supporting American media.

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I dropped all US streamers, and switched to CBC Gem and Brit Box. Plus the high seas, of course.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This show is hilarious. https://gem.cbc.ca/catastrophe

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

I’ll have to check it out. I just got finished working through all of Murdoch Mysteries. Took a while.

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

No we gave that shit up too. Also stopped shopping at Jeff Bezos' online sweatshop.

[+] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They can't even bother to keep the content sharing alive. I haven't heard a fucking peep about this since the week this happened.

imagine being alive in an era where you have access to a literal information sharing device. A massive force multiplier. Knowing full well everybody else is using it to attack you. Yet deciding the best course of action is to just not buy carrots and standing in streets like you're fighting some good fight

Meanwhile I see this stuff everyday. What is the left fucking doing. They're stuck in the 1960s

Go ahead and downvote. That's the extent of effort you're barely willing to put into any of this while someone's uncle made this photo and shared it on 30 different groups across multiple social media

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why the fuck would we waste our time making stupid AI generated trash to share on Facebook in the right wing boomer echo chambers or on X with the racist shitheads? All of that is pointless and doesn't change hearts or minds. Supporting our local artists, businesses, and building our own digital presence away from the bot filled feeds of Meta and X is how we create change. Fuck Meta and X - got rid of both many years ago. All the small town Tiny PP voters can make their ChatGPT generated slop to argue with bots from their basement.

I'll be out in the real world doing things that benefit real people in my community without the help of Sam Altman and Sundar Pichai's slop machines.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Because you can't make a post here that doesn't get over 200 votes.

That's such a foolish thing to say. Your whole point hinges on "wasting time" yet you're too ignorant to see the waste of time is doing anything in person or on lemmy without first securing a solid way to communicate what you're doing. This is why every single effort by the left has failed. And it's such a piss off that many of the left continue this insanity as if you're too good for the platforms that are used to communicate. You can get a single post on lemmy that gets over a few hundred views. A single comment on Facebook or reddit or Instagram gets thousands. It's fine to not use these but stop lying to yourself. You're wasting your time and you'll continue to suffer the consequences of removing yourself from where people actually are.

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Real people don't spent their entire lives online. Half of those IG and FB likes are from bot accounts as are the posts. Step away from your laptop and put down your phone. Delete TikTok. Step out into the real world.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Cut the shit. This comment is played the fuck out. People like you will say "just go outside, log offline" then next comment is bitching about your parents talking about kitty litter or you try to raise awareness for some invasive bill or illegal action by the government. Nothing I said involves spending your life online. It's saying to spend the time that you are online more wisely. It's asking to stop being outplayed by the right wing.

So cut the smug comment. It's time to wake the fuck up. I can appreciate if you just don't want nothing to do with political issues or vote or want anything to change because you enjoy the way things are. That's fine. But don't come here telling others to be as inefficient and Blaise as you.

The left as a whole need to do some work for a change instead of being lazy up until they want something. There is an election coming up and the left is already years behind the right

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

My parents? LOL - I am a parent. Grow up, kid and stop being influenced so much that you waste time on FB, IG, and TikTok. Also the term is "blasé" - "Blaise" is a name. No one will improve Canada by winning an edgelord meme war online with AI slop pics. The right posts disinformation, we don't.

Also I checked your posting history and a lot of it is angry nonsense against "the left" and referring to people as "soy" or implying that leftist or socialist people are less masculine. That is all insane nonsense and kind of makes talking to you pointless since you've clearly spent way to much time in eDgEloRd MemE BrO LAnD

Consider talking to a mental health professional about how you are being radicalized by online content and in the meantime stop viewing the entire world as "The Left" vs "The Right" - nothing is ever black or white most things are some shade of grey.

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[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You absolutely do post misinformation. I don't care that you check out my profile. I'm pissed off. I'm pissed off lookin at people like you who do nothing but bitch about the world who also act like the biggest culturally relevant platforms aren't important cause you get the ick.

Meanwhile the right are doing stuff like this while you write "fuck Trump" under your 200th c/politics news post or wonder why "buy Canadian" isn't taken off.

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I don't do any of the nonsense you are talking about not does anyone else I know since we aren't wasting our lives on Zuck's propaganda shit apps. The right wants to destroy Canada like Trump is destroying the US. Kindly eff off and may you have a blessed day.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

I can see your comments too. You think yelling about that stuff here is not wasting your time?

[–] BigJohnnyHines@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You keep saying shit without backing any of it up. The “left” isn’t only what you see on your niche platforms like Lemmy.

Kinda sounds like you just spend too much of your time on Facebook reading posts from lunatics. They can’t be saved dude. They’re not even arguing in good faith. They know. You wasting your time is literally the goal.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No the goal is to drive the left off these platforms. You have played into their hand.

[–] BigJohnnyHines@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You are wrong. Who is on a platform is almost irrelevant now, the algorithm will push what it is tuned to anyway. Not to mention the increasing percentage of AI slop masquerading as real people. The platforms only have power if everyone continues to use them. Hence why it’s hard to get people on alternatives when everyone they want to talk to isn’t there.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago

The platforms will always have power regardless if the left is there or not. The only difference is if the left is there to actually push back against this slop.

The algorithms don't matter. They push the same stuff to the same people. In fact the algorithms are helpful since it can drive more people to content based on engagement. But if the only engagement is from the right that is all people will see. It's a numbers game. You are wrong and not only are you wrong, you can see the consequences just from where we are now. Just wait until the kids today grow up. The left is in a worse position every year because of views like yours