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Is it just me or this whole "im buying canadian now!" Is just one big circlejerk
Are you also going to stop shopping at costco?
How about scamazon?
Walmart?
Home depot?
Giving up your netflix?
Selling off all your american stonks that made you 7% a year?
Still searching on google i see...... even more weird that apple iphone is still in your pocket, dont forget to cancel your microsoft services
Feels the same as "stop the oil pipeline" protesters, but they dont understand they use oil related products every hour for all their needs
RevYouUp beat me to it
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Today, 07:45 PM
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#7977 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by donk.  Is it just me or this whole "im buying canadian now!" Is just one big circlejerk
Are you also going to stop shopping at costco?
How about scamazon?
Walmart?
Home depot?
Giving up your netflix?
Selling off all your american stonks that made you 7% a year?
Still searching on google i see...... even more weird that apple iphone is still in your pocket, dont forget to cancel your microsoft services
Feels the same as "stop the oil pipeline" protesters, but they dont understand they use oil related products every hour for all their needs
RevYouUp beat me to it | It's pretty retarded to think you either have to do all of that or none of that.
The first 4 I'd done a long time ago. Now it will happen with groceries, I'll shop at choices instead of whole foods. You can be smug and think you're so smart and edgy or you can just try and make a moderate difference and try and sway people to do the same.
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Today, 07:48 PM
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#7978 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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“Buy Canadian”
You mean like Galon Weston that’s been actively FUCKING consumers for decades? Yea.. ok
I agree with weatopher that you support legitimate small businesses owned and operated by Canadians but if you think propping up conglomerates like superstore and save on are “shopping Canadian” you’re an idiot.
Even if those small businesses use American products they are gerneadlly bearing the burden of the tariffs.
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Today, 07:49 PM
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#7979 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Yes he is the only Canadian.
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98 technoviolet M3/2/5 Quote:
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Today, 08:14 PM
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#7980 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Originally Posted by westopher Yes he is the only Canadian. | Well who do you buy groceries from otherwise? Pattinson? Safeway?
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Today, 08:26 PM
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#7981 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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I posted above. Choices.
Don't act like there aren't 500 independent grocery stores in east van where you live. Just walk down fuckin commercial lol.
This is the thing. There's options if you are willing to do a micron of extra work for it.
I see you amended your post above and I totally agree with you on that part. Buying from a shit ass Canadian company is just as bad. Support a business where the owner doesn't have a lobbyist is probably the best place to draw the line to start.
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Today, 08:27 PM
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#7982 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Yea, I’m agreeing. I shop at Donald’s, a literal 1/1
Others do not.
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Today, 08:27 PM
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#7983 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by donk. Is it just me or this whole "im buying canadian now!" Is just one big circlejerk
Are you also going to stop shopping at costco?
How about scamazon?
Walmart?
Home depot?
Giving up your netflix?
Selling off all your american stonks that made you 7% a year?
Still searching on google i see...... even more weird that apple iphone is still in your pocket, dont forget to cancel your microsoft services
Feels the same as "stop the oil pipeline" protesters, but they dont understand they use oil related products every hour for all their needs
RevYouUp beat me to it | Everyone virtue signalling but only price will change their habits. Like how superstore is still packed when everyone boycott weston
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Today, 08:36 PM
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#7984 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer Yea, I’m agreeing. I shop at Donald’s, a literal 1/1
Others do not. | Best thing you can do is tell someone to. Say it's good, say why you shop there. People don't know the other options, because it's not convenient to find that information. Make it convenient.
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Originally Posted by punkwax Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct. | | |
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Today, 08:40 PM
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#7985 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Will do. I appreciate your efforts with that farming collective I read the entire article and unironically that’s what’s missing in our society and with oblivious govt.
Everything probably starts and ends with food
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#7986 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Pretty sure Pattinson group bought out choices.
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Today, 09:01 PM
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#7987 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by hud 91gt Pretty sure Pattinson group bought out choices. | Ugh. Donalds it is then. I'll travel. It does say on the sign outside each one is independently owned and operated but that might be hiding some sort of umbrella. Stongs is close to me as well. Pretty sure they are a B.C. company.
The government should have enacted as much as they could long ago to protect food independence, but globalization was on a tear, and I guess they didn't expect these kinds of bad actors, even though they kinda should have.
I'll definitely be getting some CSA boxes this summer when the local growing season is in full force, and will happily compile them for people when I have the info.
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Today, 09:05 PM
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#7988 | | SFICC-03*
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Its not like we have to cut out everything American in our lives. If everyone made a few changes trust me it would have a significant impact. Those who have the means to choose should choose more. Im still using amazon just using it less, same with home depot, etc.. its not hypocritical to say you want to buy Canadian more and still buy and use US goods and services. Its about reducing our reliance on the fuckers downstairs.
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#7989 | | SFICC-03*
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Holyshit honda and westopher thanking each other back to back. Trump has done more for inter-canadian relations than any other politician ever has
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Today, 09:18 PM
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#7990 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Me and Honda are actually very amicable. He's one of the people here I disagree with often but I don't think he's a piece of shit by any means and we both want the same thing. For things to suck less.
I still stand by my statement he's due for a vacation though.
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Today, 09:23 PM
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#7991 | | I subscribe to the Fight Club ONLY
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IMO it is worth bearing in mind that exploring and expanding trade with non-US international partners does not mean we should intentionally sell less to the US. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harvey Specter We also need to explore other trade partners. The EU wants more trade deals,they need gas, hydrogen, and other minerals. The same goes for China. Yes, there’s always a national security element, and we need to be cautious, but unfortunately, beggars can’t be choosers.
Even if Trump is gone in 4 years, America's trade policy has changed permanently. It’s no longer an ally we can fully trust or rely on as our sole partner for trade. | On the other hand, I don't necessarily agree with your suggestion that American trade policy would be permanently changed even after Trump is gone though. It is certainly possible, esp if the US re-juggle the supply chain enough during these 4 years to the point where it is no longer preferable to purchase stuff from us. The easy example would be -- if the US refineries that are currently setup to process our heavy crude is re-configured to process lighter crude from other places, or even from just their own shale gas, then we would really lose some huge O&G revenues for good.
But for a lot of other things, our proximity to the US, and our reliability as a trading partner should still make us a good, or maybe even preferable, trading partner.
Also, let's not forget that the Orange Mad Man is also planning to hit EU trading partners with tariffs as well. So at least in comparison to EU countries, the EU isn't all of a sudden becoming a more attractive trading partner to the US than we are.
Isolationism is pretty well know to be a poor national policy, even for countries as big and diverse as the US. At this point other than Trump, I am not convinced that political figures in the US would be stupid enough to pursue that as well. So when Trump is gone, I would expect a lot more common sense to return -- at least I hope they're return?
But that might be a fatal downfall of mine -- generally, I tend to expect most people to be at least somewhat reasonable.
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Today, 09:26 PM
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#7992 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Hondaracer should dine at your restaurant, then you kick him out after he complains the food tastes too liberal
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#7993 | | SFICC-03*
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Free range? Whats this woke bullshit!
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