27-04-2025
How Canadians are standing up to the U.S. and Trump's tariffs in the grocery aisles
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'It's turning Canada from an American cousin into an American enemy or an American target,' said Alex Burton in Vancouver, B.C.
'If my choice was between an apple from Washington and an apple from New Zealand, I would have always chosen the apple from Washington because it's closer and environmentally better. Now, I'm not doing that,' he said.
Irene Carroll in Toronto found herself struck by reading about the potential economic impact of buying Canadian.
'Before, I would just look at what was on sale and put it in a shopping cart, not really paying attention as to where the product came from. But as soon as the tariffs hit … I took that a lot more seriously,' she said, adding she's discovered some new favourite products as a result.
