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Between all of the bullshit tariffs, retaliation, and trade-war nonsense Trump has instigated around the world, the Canadian liquor boycott seems to be LITERALLY the only one having the intended effect.
Keep it up.
Seems like solid advice.
This will change my life not at all.
I go to a private liquor store that didn't get rid of US booze. I just avoided it.
Do you guys have public(ally owned) booze shops?
In BC most liquor stores are government owned, but private ones also exist.
Easy enough.
I don't drink anymore, just lost interest as i got older and don't miss it. It's an easy fuck you with no effort on my part.
Same. I’ll have a beer now and then, but there’s so many small breweries these days it’s easy to avoid the American ones.
Also, now that I don’t drink to get drunk any more, I’m willing to pay more for better beer.
I honestly have not missed it… the only thing Murican booze I used to buy was Jean Bean and mostly for my Bourbon BBQ sauces… easily replaced
California wines could be good but there are plenty to choose from… don't even notice the "smaller selection"
American beers? please, I stopped drinking piss water a couple of decades ago
If you don't start buying bud light again we're sending kid rock to sing in your front yard.
Woah, easy there Satan. I've seen people get punched in the face for much lighter threats.
Some pretty solid Canadian bourbon out there. They don't have a monopoly on corn whisky. If they let NAFTA totally lapse, they even lose the exclusive name rights.
Canadian bourbon is an oxymoron. Technically nothing can be a bourbon unless it is produced in the United States, as there are more strict rules on bourbon than most types of alcohol. Can only contain certain things in certain proportions, and also has to be made in the US. So Canadian “bourbon” is just Canadian whisky made following the guidelines for producing a bourbon. Its like how scotch has to be made in Scotland or true champagne has to come from a champagne house in France
That rule is part of NAFTA. If NAFTA is repealed, bourbon doesn't have special status anymore and we can just use the name again.
We lose "Canadian Whisky" but who gives a fuck about that.
Tequila has the same protection. You can't call your agave liquor "tequila" outside of México unless NAFTA goes.
I am sure the management that is responsible for stocking the shelves will be very hesitant about restocking with expensive American booze until the dust settles and they know which way the consumer is leaning, no matter what Carney asks for. Business is business, politics is politics.
The only US alcohol I like is Bourbon. I recently discovered BRBN from the Okanogan, and now I can't think of any I would miss.
I haven't found any but I've been looking for just that one. It's good?
I do love storeclerks who either hang out a list or two or put stuff in a dusty little dark corner.
Oops, dropped. Oops, dropped it. Oops, dropped it. Oops, dropped it. Oops, dropped it.
And oh, it's really cold outside which is why my friends and I are wearing balaclavas... Oops, dropped it.
Sorry, let me help you clean this up. Man, these gloves are just so slippe- Oops, slipped. Man, what a mess.
While cathartic in the moment, product insurance means the alcohol would be of less value just sitting on the shelves.
Don't waste your energy on ruining the American economy. Americans can do that much better. Spend your energy and money on Canada instead.
You'd be more productive sending trump DMs saying "Iran is disrespecting the fuck out of you. I wouldn't take that if I was you. You don't wanna look like a loser, do you?" More likely to ruining the economy that way
I wonder how Doug pour-the-whisky Ford would spin this. 😅
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Yet, Kinew maintains a trade office in Washington for $1m annually. Seems like an odd paradox.
“Yet you live in a society, interesting.”
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Yes I do. I also live in a country. It would be great if premiers could put country over their specific province. Being united makes us stronger.
cf.
If you want unity, maybe drop the trollish style?
In most cases, you are not legally required to pay for something you break in a store.
Stores have shrinkage insurance for accidental breakage.
With that said, a visitor coming into a store, "bumping" into that American bottle, and leaving, can be a very normal experience. A hundred people doing it every day for a week will suddenly make American liquor difficult/impossible to restock because of how accident-prone it is.
It's already paid for by the store, then they need to buy more to replace it. All this does is sell more Yank whiskey.
Will they?
Suddenly this line item doesn't create a profit.