Food and household goods companies in Canada say they’re seeing a surge in demand as Canadians prioritize shopping local amid the ongoing trade dispute.
Despite the strain of higher prices at the grocery store, they say many shoppers across the country are going out of their way to buy Canadian-made products.
Kathleen Chapman, president of aVenco Ltd., says the Bowmanville, Ont., supplier of parchment paper has been slammed by U.S. tariffs.
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The company, whose customer base was nearly 40 per cent in the U.S., was initially affected by U.S. tariffs on European goods as it sources raw parchment paper in France, and now it faces an additional 50 per cent tariff because its product is prepared and converted in Canada.
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But she says Canadians have reached out to offer support and order directly from the company, sending its direct-to-consumer orders from about 20 in the last two years to hundreds in the week since new U.S. tariffs came into effect.
Chapman says consumers are moving faster than retailers, with many stores slow to respond to shifting demand with more shelf space for Canadian items.
Sorry but most Canadians are buying by price because the cost of living is getting higher every month in Canada. Some of the products that stores are bringing in to replace USA products are not the same quality and cost more money. I for one will never buy citrus fruit from South Africa again the quality is terrible and the price is expensive
Of course. That way they can jack up the prices.
Must have only polled Liberals.
What Liberals fail to realize is that Canadians are as much employed by US businesses as they are franchise owners and the lot.
There are plethora businesses owned by Canadians that are contractually bound to purchasing items both nations are tariffing
There is no shifting they can really take advantage of.
They will be crushed if more rational minds don’t prevail.
Populists point their fingers at Trump.
Trump could be a deer in the road caught in your headlights for all tbat matters.
Our government has decided it has some “right of way” with respect to the animal and are playing chicken with a giant Moose out of spite.
Dear Liberals,
Discounts in volume purchases come from contracts, not emotion or money thrown into wells and fountains.
A rising MAGA tide raises all ships in the harbour, excet the klepto-socialist ones like Canada who’s crews bored holes in the bottom to spite Trump.
Those ones will never rise.
I only buy American to support MAGA, because without a sane and prosperous America, there is no Free World.
People are buying what they can afford
Chinese garlic – $1 for 3 bulbs
Canadian garlic – $5.99 for 1 bulb
Liberals and their CCP masters must be thrilled. Meanwhile the clowns are putting tariffs on the US
Are Ford, GM and Chrysler (whatever it’s called now) Canadian? How about Toyota and Honda? Canadian too?
Are Costco and Walmart Canadian as well? How about Google maps?
I buy what I can afford, I don’t care if it’s Canadian, American, Mexican or whatever.
I wish I could buy Canadian garlic but… no such to be found. Besides, everything Canadian is more expensive than foreign.
Is McDonald’s still using Heinz Ketchup, it is a USA product and company. Lets not talk about that.
Foodland seems notorious for not highlighting Canadian products or mislabelled country og origin.