I've been thinking about this for a while. If you looks at our major industries that aren't controlled by Canadian oligopolies, we let the US take over and continue to support them. For example, streaming services (Netflix, Spotify, Paramount, HBO, Disney, YouTube, etc...), fast food (McDonald's, Starbucks, Wendy's, Five Guys, Timmies, etc..), home improvement (Home Depot, Lowe's, Rona), retail (Wal-Mart, Amazon, Costco), tech (Google, Apple, Microsoft), credit payments (Visa, Mastercard), food brands (Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, print media (Postmedia Network, which controls over 130 newspapers across the country), social media (Insta, Snap, TikTok, Facebook, WhatsApp), retail gas (Esso, Ultramar, Chevron, Pioneer) are all US companies. I can keep going on (pharmaceuticals, oil and gas operations in Alberta, and entertainment).

It's ironic when I see Canadians hating on immigrants for not being "Canadian", yet those Canadians copy Americans like no tomorrow. And now we have separatists in Alberta simping for the US and politicians that vocally support Trump (Doug Ford, Danielle Smith, and PP). Wtf is going on?

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[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago

Good points. I agree the Buy Canadian movement is still pretty strong, and it's not just on Lemmy. You can see it in the maple symbols on grocery shelf price tags (even if that system is flawed), and in the news reports of American cities complaining about fewer Canadian visitors.

I still think the majority of people still use American products and services within Canada (Netflix, Instagram, Starbucks, Amazon), but the boycott is significant and sustained.