Canada can't grow that shit.

We export a lot of food to the States. Keep it here.

We also have an multiple trade partners to import from, if we don't grow it already.

Canada has apples all year, why do stores still fill the shelves with American apples?

We need to stop pretending that it's OK to keep giving Americans money. It's better the shelves be half empty than full of American products.

Of course we can and do grow it! We have tons of orchards and farms.

We have so much Canadian lettuce it’s not even hard to avoid US grown. Apples? I only buy Canadian for years because they have flavour.

Do we have some catching up to do? Sure. But it’s driven by demand. We stop buying US and it’ll drive demand for Canadian and others (friendlies) for sure.

Idk I've had a pretty easy time grabbing non US veggies

Canada can't grow lettuce and apples? Since when? We've been buying BC and Ontario fruit for decades. There are backyard apple varieties developed in Saskatchewan and Manitoba that are hardy to zone 3 and 2. Lettuce can be and is grown in hothouses in winter around the Redcliff area in Alberta. (Not to mention, it's not hard to grow in your living room under grow lights.)

Now, off to pick some raspberries and tomatoes in my Saskatchewan back yard.