The thing is, if Trump wants to kill Canada's role in US car manufacturing, then it will cost him the car markets in Mexico and Canada. If there's no jobs here to protect, then we'll just drop the tariffs on Chinese EVs. (This is speaking like 20 years down the road). We'll all be driving Chinese cars in that scenario. The tariffs are a total lose-lose situation, so dumb.
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The Filaments.ca house brand in PLA used to be Made in Canada but I don't see that advertised anymore, so it might not still be the case. It actually still says "Made in Canada" in the HTML description for their Econofil line but I don't see it on the page.
IIRC their house brand was also the same as 3dprintingcanada.com. All my information is from about 5 years ago so it could be totally incorrect today.
I sorta get what you're asking for, but I think you're going to get a response like, "Read a book". There's just not much to be gained by discussing issues like this on the internet, lol. edit: I think your example is maybe confusing too... not sure if you're looking for political debates, or just educational discussions, or what. Maybe you could clarify and it'd help get some more constructive answers!
It's great that you've pointed this out and I hope there's more awareness about it. In practice, it's not hard: Buy from candian-owned small businesses who manufacture in Canada.
In my not-at-all-humble opinion, most of your examples are all shit you shouldn't be buying in the first place:
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We have copious amounts of local craft beer. Never buy the big brands, they're all swill. If you actually drink craft beer, you'll know which brands, like Creemore and Millstreet, are fake craft.
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Nobody should be buying anything from Coca-Cola in the 21st century. We've known pop is terrible for your health for like 50 years. They're a shit company who is the biggest polluter of plastics in the world.
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Canada Goose is for tools with no taste. By the time any trendy fashion company gets bought out, it's not cool anymore.
All we have to do as a nation is just put that little extra effort into learning about what we're buying and making different choices, and it's actually great that we're all doing that because we should have been doing it all along.
It's not about software or data. It's about control over the supply chain - cars are essential to our economy and way of life in North America (like it or not). It's the same reason we protect the milk supply. You don't want another country to be able to turn it off in a conflict.