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Others have covered it well with sharing lessons you’ve learned and tips. But I think you’re fast approaching the fun part - travel and enjoy local activities!

If funds allow you can visit new provinces, cities and towns. Or if you want to stay local a new family or Canadian owned restaurant, takeaway or bar. See Canadian bands or theatre productions!

My favourite part of supporting local has always been knowing how that money gets recycled. Guy behind the bar - pays for his kid’s club, the local grocer pays the baker and enjoys his local roasted coffee. It gets spent over and over.

You’ve done a lot and with that same spirit you can see the people you’re doing business with and reap the benefits of that.

If you use a windows computer you could look into Linux. It's a bit complicated to get ahold of if you're not super tech savvy and are super used to Microsoft products but it is doable.

Look into what software, hardware, games, etc that you use your PC for and see if they're Linux compatible. If not, find alternatives that could work for you. (Example, instead of Microsoft office you can try LibreOffice)

For me as an example, I primarily use my PC for gaming. The Proton compatibility layer allows me to play all my games on Linux (except for Garden warfare 2, which won't run due to an incompatible anti-cheat software)

Overall, do your research, find how compatible your own setup is and what distribution is right for you.

For new users, Linux Mint is a popular choice.

I'm in quite a good position as a decision maker for certain types of software used in our company. As soon as some of our u.s. based contracts expire, I am switching to an open source alternative. Already preparing the migration now actually.

Sounds like you've basically got yourself covered. Beyond that, I'd recommend just trying to make sure your current methods are sustainable (IE, you won't have to switch back in a year) and trying to find ways to help others.

Some other ways the can help reduce US influence off the top of my head, ordered roughly from least to most difficult:

• Do your research and vote
• Use networked platforms (like the Fediverse) more, to help them compete with big american tech
• Promote Canadian or non-US alternatives
• put together detailed resources to help others boycott US products (IE, blog posts about how you addressed specific issues or infographics explaining the alternatives to common american products.)
• Join local groups to become more connected with your community
• Volunteering
• Becoming involved in politics, be it helping campaign for important causes or running yourself.

Yes, a lot of these aren't directly targeting the US, but the stronger Canada is, the less power the US has over us.

It's a hard one but next is to leave their platforms as much as possible.

I'm currently De-googling / de Microsoft-ing and it's hard but feasible.

If you're not ready to leave Facebook, follow the guide John Oliver's team put out.

Otherwise, go see local comedians / bands or buy their stuff to support them, stuff like that

One that surprised me is how many apps etc are American. Even free apps usually profit by selling your data etc. So, worth taking the time to try and find non American digital substitutes.

A huge proportion of America's economy is actually digital services.

Other stuff you can do is write to local grocers. If they're labelling Canadian products, thank them and maybe ask if they can highlight all non American food. If they aren't labelling, ask what their plans are

If you have any savings, investments, retirement funds, etc., make sure they're not invested in US companies.

Someone already mentioned apps, but another one to look at is cloud storage and email services, and switching to local storage(ie, hard drives) and/or non-US services if possible.

I feel ya...when capitalism is already such a cancer that I already participate as little as possible, boycotting becomes harder because I was already not giving the parasite class my money.

Most Canadians live within 160km of the border. If you have nothing made or marketed left, I recommend stepping 5-7m closer to the border and screaming. Maybe warn your neighbours first?

There's Crave I think? But the deal ain't that great. There's a LOT of ads and they're extremely LOUD.

And the subscriptions are expensive. I'm not going to pay 22$/month just to stop having ads. I don't need the 4k streaming because my TV doesn't have that resolution. Besides I only have a 30mbps internet connection that's already costing me almost 80$. (I should shop around now that I think about it. 80$ is hella expensive for 30mbps)

This is a list of initial 3rd party scripts the cbc.ca website lists in Ublock. Akamiedge is Microsoft and google is well Alphabet and are both US corporations.

Maybe start complaining to your MP that tax dollars are funding US companies through CBC, and write to CBC to advise them to revamp their websites to not use US tech company infrastructure.

How are you doing on personal hygiene items like toothpaste, mouthwash, soap, shampoo, et alia?