A lot of the comments here aged like milk.
My dudes and ladies. Please don’t drink our booze. It’s loaded with oligarchy and fascism.
Seriously though, I hope everyone in Canada never buys a drop no matter how cheap.
probably e. coli as well… as most of the us groceries have it
And they’ve been caught watering it down, including premium brands.
But how can you water down US beer?
By adding water.
But if you add water to piss, you just get watered down piss? I don’t get it… /s
and they still lap it up.
So not only is their beer like sex on a beach, their hard stuff going that way too?
I like you. You can come visit.
Stay if you like.
OK Carney; I’ll look around my house and if I find any US alcohol, I’ll return it to the store.
If it’s forced on the provincial liquor boards they should only accept us booze on consignment,
Yep it will be on the shelves but I suspect it’ll be there for a long long time not selling
I see it as an easy win for Canada because this started as a grassroots movement by the people. The provincial government removal from the shelves came afterwards, in support. Put the booze back, who cares. Most people still won’t purchase that fascist crap.
I don’t know if your faith in the Canadian consumer is warranted. There was just a radio piece I heard the other day on NPR about how Canadian tourism is already on the uptick in the United States. I think maybe the average Canadian doesn’t have the wherewithal you would like them to.
I think they said cross border trips. That could also be business trips, though I think there are many deals that people find enticing. I just can’t handle how weird the vibe is there, completely unenjoyable. I used to extent nearly every trip few a few days or stay the weekend, but now I can’t get in and out fast enough.
I think that the average Canadian has the wherewithal to proceed accordingly but those Canadians at each end of the bell curve? Maybe not.
I don’t know about people not purchasing. It may be the part of Canada I’m in, but USAian products aren’t sitting on the shelves for as long and a lot of people have lost the care to avoid them if they ever did. A great example was last summer when USAian watermelons were rotting in the bins at grocery stores while Mexican and Canadian ones were selling quickly. This year I’m seeing people pick them up without a care. It doesn’t help USAian companies are purposely hiding the origins and maple washing their products.
Plus, the uptick in Canadians travelling south of the border for non-work purposes means full acceptance and support for the USAian administration by those choosing to go to there.
I’m keeping up my boycott and always will. Those that don’t boycott when they can afford to or simply don’t care can be the first dealt with as traitors when the time inevitably comes.
You can replace USAian with just “US”
Would sound weird to say US when talking about the people. Just say American, like everyone else.
And because I know someone will be butthurt, GTFO. Virtually everyone calls it America, get over it.
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Sounds like the deal includes dropping the alcohol boycott, and building the keystone xl, a massive crude oil pipeline that gives Canada basically nothing given that the refining and final sale are done by US companies.
That’s the way Alberta wants it. A few oxy addicts in a backhoe feeding US industry. Every boom cycle they just grab the money and refuse to invest in local infrastructure. Keystone will never get built, it’s been on and off for over 12 years.
To me, that’s what’s tragic. I’m sure we have contract deals we must honor, but once those are up, we should tear down the pipeline and build our own refinery. Hell, start building the refinery now so it’s ready when the pipeline contract dies.
In the mean time, if they want to negotiate for more of our oil, tell them right where to go.
Nah. Not only will I not buy US booze, I’m going to continue to not buy US anything that I can help. I’ve put more money into Canadians’ pockets in the last few years than maybe my whole life and I’m feeling pretty damn good about it.
This is the way.
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Fuck that, I don’t miss any of their crap
I’m not even Canadian but fuck this guy
it’s disappointing seeing conservatives complain about him being too liberal while he does a bunch of conservative shit and then they say he stole conservative ideas and complain about that, then go back to complaining about him being a liberal
Conservatives will always complain that everything is “too liberal”. Each time they do, they slide the goalposts
It’s a lot more annoying watching Liberals continue to support him as he gives conservatives their heart’s desire.
oh god yeah that’s annoying af
a surprisingly low amount of people are recognizing it
Disappointed, but not surprised. I’m going to have to just double down on boycotting more.
We really need to make it easier to buy Canadian booze from other parts of Canada. I’ve been picking up a different bottle of whiskey every time I go, but there’s always a piss poor selection from anywhere other than my province. I also don’t drink too much, so a bottle lasts quite a while, but still.
It’s reaching the point where we’re going to need to start boycotting Carney’s corporate backers, too. I would love to know who actually ghost wrote bill C22.
For a guy who was voted in to stand up to Trump, he really seems to be doing a lot of appeasement.
Seems tonedeaf.
If he actually does it, then it will be there… Taking up space… I don’t think anyone is going to buy it.
Sure, a few might, but he’s going to force retailers to stock it and it’s just not going to move. He’s going to make them into involuntary warehouses for crap nobody wants.
- US booze has never been remarkable in the first place
- I don’t feel like doing the US or the corporations therein, any favors.
Can we get a different liberal leader to be PM? Is it too late to do that? I don’t hate Carney, but his decisions have made me wonder about his fitness to lead.
If he actually does it, then it will be there… Taking up space… I don’t think anyone is going to buy it.
This is exactly why it isn’t tone deaf. He can just issue the ask, hope that not all premiers will follow, and even the provinces that do follow, consumption will still not recover fully; he can say “hey I did all I can, Canadians just don’t wanna drink it” and the US loses a negotiation leverage.
I do think a significant amount of people will buy it, though. They US booze will come out cheap and in droves. And we have a dumber third of the country that’s actually a fan of the US still
Carney is weak AF.
As I wrote before, I think this is strategic maneuvering on the alcohol ban on his part. On paper he can make it look like we’re acquiescing to their demand, while in practice it won’t make a noticeable dent in their alcohol sales.
I’m sorry, but this is silly. This is an issue because American liquor companies are taking a financial hit and they are making it an issue. If the finances don’t recover, they are not going to stop making it an issue, whatever tricks we might manage that technically satisfies a deal. We are dealing with gangsters. The best move is not to concede.
I’m tired of hearing that Carney is being all “strategic”. We’re losing big time over Trump’s tantrums, and it’s costing us a lot. Trump knows he’s got the upper hand because the U.S. is a huge economic player, and Canada’s most important economic partner.
He’s effectively holding us hostage.
But Canada is also a big economic player to the U.S. in more ways than we can imagine. Cutting them off could hurt them enough for everyone in the U.S. to call to impeach the motherfucker and put an end to this circus.
But instead we keep enabling Trump and losing the entire way.
If putting booze back on shelves restores US sales, then it’s Canada that is weak and pathetic.
JFC we quickly forget Trump had a huge number of supporters in Canada before 2024.
I know. His cult extends beyond the U.S. borders.
That’s why we gotta cut them at the source.
sure, recall the ban. let the market decide.
hopefully Canadians will continue not buying american stuff, and there won’t be a business case to stock it
Canadian alchys don’t give a fuck. The heavy drinkers in rural areas love Trump.
They’ll care about price. I think the tariffs will ensure that the prices are just a bit higher than domestic stuff… Enough to have the drunkards reaching for Canadian brands.
I don’t know much about alcoholics, but I’m pretty sure they don’t have a lot of brand loyalty, and they’ll drink just about anything that contains alcohol, regardless of flavor, or quality. As long as they can get it cheap.
Do they represent a significant percentage of alcohol sales, though? Even if they drink three times what the average person does, if they only represent 3% of the population, they’re little more than a rounding error.
Do they represent a significant percentage of alcohol sales, though?
According to CAMH 25% are admitted heavy drinkers in Ontario. That’s just admitted.
Doesn’t mean they’re rural or can’t afford domestic booze, though.
There it is, elbows down.
Expect a parade of Premiers lifting bans next week.
Doug Ford can’t wait to get his special gold kneepads back on.
