Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living

Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living

This week the US imposed 50% tariffs on US$20bn (£15bn) of Canadian goods, and Mark Carney, the country’s prime minister, has vowed to match them “dollar for dollar” after the collapse of trade talks between the two countries last weekend. Donald Trump retaliated on Thursday by ordering the federal government to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America.

Such actions have added fuel to a widespread boycott of US products and services by Canadians that began early last year in response to the president’s trade war and threats to annex his northern neighbour.

More than 3,500 people from across Canada shared with the Guardian via an online callout how they have made changes to their lives in response to the US administration’s political and economic stance. Many expressed deep anger and sadness, but remained resolute that this was now a new way of living.

  • Smoogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    For anyone interested about companies that have made massive strides since the tariffs:

    alt for google : proton (switzerland)

    alt browser: vivaldi (norway/germany)

    alt search engine : qwant (france) ecosia (germany)

    alt for note taking : joplin(england)

    alt for win : lunix. (global) -free

    alt for mfp: kazio (new zealand)

    alt for fitbit : polar (finland)

    alt for phones : fairphone (netherlands /china)

    alt for github : codeberg (germany)

    alt for amazon : shop app (shopify canada)

    alt for music : deezer (france)

    for books : kobo (canada)

    alt for ms office : libreoffice (germany) free

    alt card wallet : catima

    alt for cloud: nord(lithuania)

    alt for streaming : make a jellyfin server - free (throw it on ubuntu (england) start hosting your own stuff local). i suppose also plex but that is a californian company.

    alt to paypal : klarna (europe) - that said we still do need more ecommerce to be supportive of alternatives for this and card wallets other than google pay. this is really lagging behind.