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A community dedicated to buying Canadian products.

Une communauté dédiée à l'achat de produits Canadiens.

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1. Posts must be related to buying Canadian-made goods and / or using Canadian-owned services

2. Absolutely no bigotry will be tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.

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1. Les poteaux doivent être en lien avec l'achat de produits et / ou de services opérés par des canadiens

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5. Seul le contenu en français et en anglais n'est toléré

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Gen Z consumers say Buy Canadian movement is unaffordable (www.theglobeandmail.com)

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according to a recent Ipsos Canada study, the Buy Local movement is largely bolstered by older Canadians. Gen Z consumers, on the other hand, are almost six times more likely to switch to an American service such as a bank or telecommunications company, according to the survey.

Carleton University economics professor Frances Woolley noted more than a quarter of youth aged 25-34 are food insecure already. University of Victoria theatre student Samantha Frew said she has heard the calls to buy local. But she still tends to do most of her shopping at Walmart for financial reasons. She also struggles to figure out which companies are wholly Canadian.

“As much as it felt dystopian to go into the liquor store and see posters over all the American liquor, I was like ‘Oh, I wouldn’t have known that unless that poster was directly over it.‘ ”

In Montreal, National Theatre School student Owen Carter said they have boycotted corporations and products for other causes in the past, but cutting out all American goods is proving to be much more difficult.

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Prof. Woolley advises students trying to buy local to shop seasonally.

“Canada grows a lot of things in the summer, not so much in the winter,” Prof. Woolley said. “In winter that means eating things that keep like root vegetables and frozen food.”

She said buying locally does not have to be expensive. She referenced butternut squash and Canadian cabbage, two pieces of produce that can keep all winter and won’t break the bank.

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

Yes, doing your best whenever, wherever should be the goal and not perfection. No one is perfect but doing something is always better than doing nothing at all.

When I was a university student (on student loan), having to pay rent, utilities etc, I recalled surviving on pasta, bananas, frozen veggies, canned tuna/sardines and instant coffee. I would mix a can of tuna into simple tomatoes and frozen veggies pasta sauce, made lots of pasta and eat that for 1 - 2 days. My roommate taught me how to make congee (rice porridge). Very economical. Simply rice, broth, ginger and green onions. We'd make a big pot and eat it for breakfast for a few days. A silver lining though, eating less meat during my university years actually made me feel better and healthier. I continue eating meat only every 2 - 3 days to this day.

Back then, every weekend, my friends would invite me out to bars/pubs to let out steam and I would have to decline 9 out 10. If I went, I would simply purchase 1 drink and made that drink last all night. My liver, was thankful.