CBC Gem is an excellent addition to Canadian streaming options.
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2026
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If there's not a Canadian streaming option, there's always piracy. I'm not so much doing "Buy Canadian" as I am doing "Buy Not American" or not buy at all.
CBC Gem for what it has, piracy for the rest.
This is the Maple way
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Canada: Removes US liquor from shelf
US: 🤡😭😡🖕🏼
US: Bans Canadian liquor
Canada: ok 🤷🏼♀️
Our stuff is better anyway, so I'll just keep buying Canadian... Or anything that ISN'T from the US. Simple, easy choice, really.
This, twice. Give me Crown over Jack any day.
The USA has been fucking us over for decades not just since they elected their god emperor. There is greenhouse produce available all year and frozen for the few times it is not.
Yup, which is why we should have been diversifying decades ago. Kudos to Carney for doing it now, but like... this really shouldn't be the conversation in 2026.
Not as commonly mentioned, but National Film Board of Canada has a lot of great selections.
Thanks for that tip! Some interesting choices there.
As an American, I watch these all the time! I’ve seen some great stuff on here, especially documentaries
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So for the folks that are concerned about not having good Canadian streaming services, there IS an alternative me hearties! Yaarrrr!
Let’s keep it up lads.
Yet Walmart is still raking in the $$$...
I mean, sometimes cheapest wins. As long as what you're walking out with is Canadian or at least not American. Personally my other options are Loblaws and Metro, and between the three of them milk is usually cheaper at Walmart, just as an example. And yes, I buy a Canadian brand.
“Fun” fact: Walmart has/had an entire business strategy that boils down to:
- Enter new market,
- Undercut new market, using established stores to support the new one,
- Pay employees poorly so that they can’t afford established businesses even if they wanted to,
- Drive out local businesses/any competition at all,
- Jack up prices so store can be successful.
Buying cheap from Walmart is not a good idea.
Neither is getting ripped off by Loblaws.
Walmart should be avoided, always. Cheapest does not win. You lose later while thinking you won. And the rich that own big chains like Walmart know that.
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Amazing, Americans would have given up by now if the shoe were on the other foot.
I don't know about that. They seem more worried about not being able to sell to us than not being able to buy from us.
I was always looking for Canadian. Especially in terms of groceries (produce, meat etc). Now I just have another reason. Canadian or at least non American and that’s probably for life.
Very annoying that local produce is more expensive than US ones. Strawberries, blueberries, etc.
Thats because they have lower food safety and labour standards down there...
That's also corporate funding and buying power. They will fund lower prices to crush the little guy and then raise their prices when the little guys are gone.
They can buy their fertilizer, diesel, and seeds in bulk at discount. Your little guy cannot.
And when there's a disaster localized to you?
Your little guy will be there, keeping his produce on the shelf, while the big guys products can't get through because shipping routes are closed.
Local produce, when in season, is worth the extra price. We buy ours from a garden center that has an agreement with area farmers. Much better berries than you can buy at the grocery store.
Do you want cheaper blueberries or blueberries uncontaminated by E. coli and Cyclosporiasis?
I found this some days ago, not sure how viable this might be over time, but having this on products to make it easier to identify their origin might help consumers prioritize products made in Canada with Canadian ingredients
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