It's not about US politics shifting. We're buying time to decouple our economies. If you are waiting for a return to normalcy with the US, you are going to be sorely mistaken.

US politics isn’t going to shift. This is just the beginning. You should base your business decisions on that.

US politics is never shifting back. If I had a business that relied on American suppliers, I would find suppliers in the EU or Asia or find a new line of work.

Well I pay more to get stuff from Canadian suppliers without using Amazon.

But I'm lucky to have the option to make that choice.

Problem is the federal government is not in charge of alcohol sales. That is a provincial decision.

Well, I hope the boycotts will continue at least. I know the south west is already hurting from missing Canadian tourism (Vegas native here) and tbh we deserve it.

Agreed. Believe me, I've been fighting as hard as I can against the UCP.

And now Kenney is trying to pretend he supports Canadian unity, after a few years away from his dumpster fire.

Marlaina "Melania" Danielle Smith enters the chat

74% of Canadians in a poll said they were not likely (69%)or somewhat not likely(5%) to buy American alcohol after lifting of American alcohol ban. The Americans might sell some booze, but nowhere near the levels pre tariffs. How long that holds out could be years.

It can be quite difficult, but not impossible to stay away from US goods in Canada. Given our geopolitical closeness, truly buying nothing from the US is likely functionally impossible. Somewhere down/up the chain there will be someone using imported things to make the goods you buy.

Me personally, I don't sweat it too much. I buy Canadian when I can, but I don't kill myself over it. The one big thing I draw the line at is foods, I'm not really in a position to be buying more expensive food over morals. If the US bag of carrots are cheaper, I'm buying them. I do however choose the Canadian option if given the chance, and have been having great fun exploring what Canadian alternatives/products are available.

The real hit in all this is the business owners of Canada. I've spoken to quite a few people who do little side businesses and it's largely impossible to sell to the US with the tariffs. Vice versa too, I sometime go on ebay to buy vintage enamel pins, and its just not realistic to drop like $30 on one pin, with most of it being tariffs. It's somehow cheaper to get pins from Britain and France on ebay than from the US now. This is just a small anecdote of the situation of course, but you can imagine how it effects everything else in the economy small and large. I worry that if we return to the status quo, we will be simply economically domesticated by the US.

Big respect on not buying games on steam. Personally if its not on steam, I'm not buying the game. The only exceptions I've ever made was for technically Minecraft, Star Sector, and Vintage Story.

Didn't worry, there's time if awesome Canadian games!

Google search for Games Made in Canada. There's a few websites with nice lists

Huh, TIL I guess. Still, of it doesn't move it's a single one time purchase of some alcohol. Still feels like a hollow "victory" to me.

They'll make the money on Canadian booze as the USA stuff slowly sells. Alberta already started selling US stuff in June since they are privatized distribution and not provincial--and want to join the USA

Ok

It's not like they will buy more while fully stocked.

Do you see empty space in the shelves for the US booze. Local stores have no obligation to remove stock and fill it with US stock. Further in Ontario they already have a large catalogue of special order items not stocked in all stores.