October 5, 2025

‘I will not back down’: how and why the Canadians boycotted the United States

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With the Deadline of Commerce of Canada now with the United States, which has resulted in an increase of 35% on non-Cusma exports, we have heard of Canadians who take the current trade in their hands.

So we asked you to send an email Ask@cbc.ca To tell us how and why you boycotted American products and travel. Dozens of you have answered the call and told us what you do.

Unsurprisingly, most of them mentioned the search for more Canadian products and the adoption of an “everything except American” mentality when Canadian alternatives are not available. You also told us about jumping trips to the United States and becoming more attentive to where you spend your money.

“Raised label readers”

One of the most common things we have heard from Canadians is that they have become more vigilant when it comes to reading labels in the grocery store to see where a product was made.

“I always check the labels to make sure that everything I buy is made in Canada or in a country suitable for trade,” said Rita Bailey.

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Bailey also said that she was ready to take the time to search where a product comes from before buying it.

“Shopping in this way makes me stop and think:” Do I really need that? “It encouraged me to take a step outside the consumption culture, and it’s good for my bank account and for my mental / spiritual well-being.”


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Larry Sharpe told us that he and his wife have boycotted American products since the day Donald Trump was sworn in and that the latest pricing policies of the American president only strengthened his position.

“My wife and I are fervent buyers of Canadian products, almost since the first day.” Sharpe wrote.

“We have become rabid label readers.”

Refusing to cross the border

Sharpe told us that his boycott extends beyond the reading labels and the purchase of the Canadian. He says he will not cross the border, despite a life about 20 minutes by car.

“We refuse to cross the border although we have often done it in the pre-trump era.”

Gino Paolone also says that he will not travel to the United States, despite life near the border in Thorold, Ontario, and that there is a frequent traveler in the past.

“I would go to the United States twice a month, for shopping, gas, dinner and an annual golf trip,” Paolone told CBC News. “Now I refuse to go and support their economy while they are trying to destroy ours.”

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Local alternatives

We have also heard people who move from personal property or investments in the United States in Canada, canceling streaming services, interrupting their snowbird migration models and finding alternatives in their communities.

“(I) try to buy all my products on the local producers market,” wrote Karen Mount.

When she does not find a good Canadian option, she told us that she was looking for a non -American substitute.

“I bought Mexico products during the winter, which I did not do before January 2025. I check to see where things are done and put them back if they are done in the United States”

Mount says that she only gave in for one product during her boycott.

“The only article on which I gave in is the smartwool socks. They are really good.”

A boycott for life

Others wrote to us to tell us that they can never be returned from American products or to travel again to the country.

“I may never shop without making sure it is a Canadian product,” Garry Semple told CBC News.

“I become more angry, the more it happens.”

Rita Bailey told us something similar.

“I am 75 years old and I do not see it changing during the duration of my life. I will not retreat and I pray that our leaders would not do it either,” she said.


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