02-27-2025, 09:46 AM
(02-27-2025, 07:52 AM)Rainrider22 Wrote: I will continue to make my purchases as I always have. As someone who worked in manufacturing for 13 years in my earlier years, I try to buy local products whenever possible. I buy from road side sales often in the summer. It is amazing to me that all of a sudden people are like, I am buying Canadian only now, no US... This should have been your practice all along. And the people that are saying it out loud are just virtual signaling to feel good. I will continue to buy American if it is an item I want/need. I will continue to visit the US. I recognize that the US is our neighbour and we relay heavily on them to ensure our sovereignty whether you like to admit it or not. Trump is just trying to negotiate a deal for military reasons. He recognizes that North America is at risk to Russia and China through the Northwest Passage. He wants to see military bases in the north and ensure we have resources to mitigate the risk from China and Russia. Same reason he is talking about Greenland and the Panama canal... Most Canadians don't think about risk of invasion from foreign countries... but the reality is real.
and to ac3r's point, people avoiding the US isn't going to amount to any difference other than make you feel better about yourself (which is cool) But like anything, human nature will have everyone back to their normal practices within a year...
This last part is incorrect. A single individual vacationing in the U.S., or not, obviously doesn't matter. But it wouldn't take a huge proportion of Canadians to decide not to go to the U.S. to have a significant impact on the tourism industry in a number of markets.
If Florida for instance receives 10% fewer Canadians this March than last, that is a big impact on their economy. Representatives will absolutely hear if tour operators and hotels lay off people because they received fewer guests than they had anticipated and have had to cut prices.