Canadians started organizing their own efforts to counteract American tariffs imposed on Saturday by President Donald Trump, with some stages of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who Quickly announced retaliation Against the US, buy Canadian and boycott American goods as much as possible.
Giancarlo Triamchi, past chairman of the Canadian Federation of Independent Federation and President of Vince’s market in Sharon, Ont., He said he began to create “Made in Canada” marks that would be set up with Canadian products in Supermarkets.
“There is a lot of tension, there is a lot of anxiety as it will play,” Trimarchi said of a trade war.
However, he said he believed the situation had the progress of showing a wide range of Canadian goods.
“While I was on the shelf and I was putting on some of these tags … I was currently surprised at how much the product was putting in front of them,” Trimarchi said. “That part makes me proud.”
The Trimmarchi tags could be useful for some customers in Ontario who told CBC News that they were planning to just buy Canada.
“Whatever tagged Canadian, it will be [the] The choice for me, even if this is not an advantage, “Don Profit, which Trump calls” economic attack, “said CBC News at the Ottawa Supermarket.
“While the tariffs are included, I go boycott American products.”
Matthias Neill, a double Canadian-American citizen, told CBC News in Toronto to work on the list of American products to avoid.
“I’ve never felt more anti -American in my life,” Neill said.
With American tariffs and Canadian measures that would take effect on Tuesday, Experts say that relegation is It could agree with the already severe crisis of living costs for consumers and hard to hit Canadian companies.
“This tariff threat could be very good to end my job,” said Pierre Oliver of St. Thomas, Ont.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that Canada will hit US goods worth $ 155 billion in the coming days. For starters, Canada will slap 25 percent of tariffs on $ 30 billion worth a far -reaching list of American goods coming to Canada since Tuesday.
Oliver, who sells model trains, said the vast majority of his customers are an American, and the tariffs have caused a great confusion for him.
“What I don’t understand is that such tariffs could be charged at work like mine. There is no mechanism to collect.”
Despite possible obstacles, many Canadians think they are boycotts.
Since US President Donald Trump is launching a trade war against Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invites Canadians to buy products made in this country and consider do not rest in the United States
Neill in Toronto said that before the tariff he only tried to buy a Canadian “to the extent that it was easy,” but he would try to do so more generally, even when it is difficult.
“The smallest thing is not to buy Colgate toothpaste. I heard you need to buy a Sensodyne tooth paste now,” he said.
In Montreal, Dan Levine told CBC News that he was “conflicting” for a boycott for the love of the California wine, which refers to the decision of Quebec and other provinces on Pull American products from shelves of alcoholic beveragesBut he said it was worth supporting Canadian business and sending Trump’s administration message.
“I think it is worth if we all do it together,” Levine said.
