Except it should be America lifting up America since no one else has that misconception.

Are you suggesting that Canadians should be the ones to put massive pressure on the US government? That’s the job of Americans. Americans voted for this. I don’t care if the US becomes the new North Korea and doesn’t have elections for 100 years - but they can stay the heck out of Canada.

What are you so mad about? Like, its not even clear to me whether you are mad that we aren’t doing more or that we’re doing anything at all. Your posts come off like a drunk, angry first year political science major. If the boycotts don’t do anything, why do you care? If you can name a single tangible action that all Canadians could do, we’d love to hear it.

Dude - I don’t want to argue with you. I am certain if we sat down and had a beer together, we would get along. We know that most trade in Canada is dependant on the US, and that boycotts aren’t super effective. That being said, when Trump threatened Canadian sovereignty, he immediately made about 40 million people FURIOUS. Every single one of us is doing everything we can to hit the US back. If threats to our sovereignty are because we are perceived as being dependant on the US, we will strive to reduce that dependence. Like most, all I can do is “vote with my wallet”, so that’s what we, as a nation, are doing.
No Canadian thinks it will topple the US economy - we’re not stupid. I personally think the sovereignty threat is the only problem - I don’t care about the tarrifs. Every dollar we remove from the US economy protects our sovereignty. And we are removing BILLIONS. Remember, no politician told us to do this, and no politician would be able to stop it. Official actions like removing US liquor only started way after citizens had already started boycotting. I’ve lived in the US and I know many are raised thinking that everyone wants to be American and I’ve heard people say that that Canada should be “flattered” at idea of becoming the 51st state. Most Americans would be gobsmacked to learn how fiercely proud we are to be Canadian. We will never be American. Interpret that however you choose. So honestly - I have zero beefs with you or your comments. I’m sure we’d enjoy sitting down for a drink. And when we go for that drink, we would go to an establishment that we like, right? We wouldn’t spend our money at a place that threatens us, right? We can and should vote with our wallets, and most of us Canadians are doing so. If you don’t agree with that last sentence, I see no purpose for any further discussion.

So, if I personally can’t change global trade, I should just do nothing. Got it. Thank you.

Glad you have it all figured out.

It’s not paywalled for me - I’ve read it. If you read my comments only, I have merely agreed that for Canadians, boycotting the US is now commonplace, and we think it’s a good idea. You seem to want to argue about something else.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/business/canada-trump-tariffs-trade

Have a nice life, arguing with strangers.

Well. Vegas is empty. Florida is empty. Kentucky lost a massive part of its Bourbon market. All American produce in Canadian grocery stores is being replaced with produce from other countries.

It is absolutely having an impact. To say otherwise is to ignore reality.

Nobody is missing the point. We’re all discussing boycotting, and for some reason, it triggers you. Have fun defending your ridiculous assertion that boycotts are useless against strangers on the internet.

So you know what? You don’t have to boycott stuff.
The rest of us can do as we choose, and us Canadians are going to choose to not spend money on US stuff.

What swords are those?

Other than the members of the royal family, who on earth has the British Empire as their most beloved time period?!

I had Tidal, but sending music to my home Sonos devices was too much of a pain in my butt so I reverted back to Spotify.

For people all over the world wondering if that person with a Canadian flag on their back is an actual Canadian - just talk to them. You’ll know.

Absolutely not.

I also use “wall wart”. I also don’t know anyone else who calls them that.

? 3.5g is like ~$30 Canadian. No way it costs $100 US?

I hope you’re being facetious and not standing in solidarity with unfettered capitalism.

Well, we’re pretty intolerant of intolerance, so maybe it’s not safe for him? 😁

Beer on the deck and we can throw the Frisbee for my dogs.