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[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 75 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 10 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

And they've been caught watering it down, including premium brands.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 56 points 2 weeks ago

OK Carney; I’ll look around my house and if I find any US alcohol, I’ll return it to the store.

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 weeks ago
[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not even Canadian but fuck this guy

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Conservatives will always complain that everything is "too liberal". Each time they do, they slide the goalposts

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a lot more annoying watching Liberals continue to support him as he gives conservatives their heart's desire.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

oh god yeah that's annoying af

a surprisingly low amount of people are recognizing it

[–] thetrekkersparky@startrek.website 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] grey_maniac@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Canadian alchys don't give a fuck. The heavy drinkers in rural areas love Trump.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] potter2010@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You can replace USAian with just "US"

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[–] chuck@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck that, I don't miss any of their crap

[–] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There it is, elbows down.

Expect a parade of Premiers lifting bans next week.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Doug Ford can't wait to get his special gold kneepads back on.

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Restoring US alcohol to shelves is a bit premature considering we still have a potential 50% tariff over our heads.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Even without the tariff I certainly won't buy it, hell they can even mark it 50% off.

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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

Neat. We'll know where NOT to shop, because they caved.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

BCLiquor, NSLC, LCBO, SAQ can buy one case of American liquor each, and put one bottle in a cute little locked display case at each store.

This is the way.

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

  1. US booze has never been remarkable in the first place
  2. 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.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] samsamsamsam@discuss.online 6 points 2 weeks ago

The Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said the request came directly from the negotiations and was conditional on a final deal, which is a defensible way forward

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does he want Conservatives to wins?

[–] ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The only reason why he got into power was because PP was such a detestable imbecile. If the Cons picked a slightly less insane Trump ass kisser he would still be in Toronto working for whatever bank he was working for.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He was going to win until Trudeau left

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[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

So the booze bans, if I remember right, came in as part of the response to the US imposing tariffs, tariffs they justified with a flimsy excuse of 'fentanyl!'. The US didn't like that we responded to their clearly abusive/disrespectful tariffs, by applying more tariffs. Now Carney is negotiating to lower those tariffs in part by ending what little resistance/push-back Canada had shown.

Carney's disappointing.

Still better than PP.

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[–] WizardGed@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly as long as we don't give in to the stupid military procurement crap(F35s, E7 Wedgetail, & Golden Dome) that was being floated I'm ok with the alcohol back on the shelves(alcohol is a dumb consumer good we can easily replace. Military hardware and contracts not so much). it costs us very little and can be re-implemented fast if that idiot plays dumb games. Let him strut around like some dumb peacock that got a big win while i refuse to buy it. If we can ship the oil south to keep Alberta placated with a bunch of new pipelines to busy themselves with that O&G Execs realize only get completed if the referendum fails, the referendum will get crushed and we can go back to focusing on electrification/EV's/Transit for Canada as a whole and replacing our dumbass premier's that have gotten cover from "Donny Dumbass". Hopefully with everything else going so shittily for the him, he'll be too distracted till after midterms that we can negotiate the rest of this horseshit away during CUSMA re-negotiations.

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Sure restock it all in one particular location in the store with β€œπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ’©πŸ—‘οΈπŸΊπŸ·πŸΈβ€ signs and everyone should stop and stare with derision if anyone bothers to try to even browse this section much less buy from it.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Really, incredibly sick of the federal government not even managing to have as much backbone as I, some random citizen.

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