I was at the grocery store the other day and there was a bin of American broccoli completely full and untouched. The Canadian broccoli bin? Empty. Canadians would literally rather give up broccoli than buy American.
I for one picked had broccoli on my grocery list but opted for cauliflower instead.
As an American, I support this.
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I’ve been working on degoogling. I don’t trust US tech anymore. Well, I haven’t for a while, but with recent events I’m now motivated to fix it.
Local is the key. Or at least, it’s the best first step.
I live in a small Canadian city. Frankly there aren’t always a lot of options for me to buy Canadian brands. I’m limited by what is available to me. My response has been to go even deeper than just “buy Canadian” to “buy Local”.
Go to your local independent grocer. Go to your local independent clothing store, coffee shop, mechanic, etc… Find your local farmers market where local gardeners and producers sell their vegetables, sausages and meats. Somewhere in your city, there’s a retired person who spends their spare time making bespoke wood work furniture. Support them instead of buying your next table from Ikea.
Are the items I buy all going to be 100% Canadian. No. It’s unrealistic for most people (including myself). But my response even before all of it went to hell has been to say that wherever possible, ensure that your money is staying in YOUR community instead of being shipped off to a corporate headquarters.
That’s my thought anyway. The more local the better. Your community becomes culturally and financially more robust when we stop letting corporations take our money out of them, regardless of nationality.
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