Canada Parliament: "Canada will never kiss that gangster's ring", "boycott all US products"

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

WOW: Canadian member of Parliament Charlie Angus calls for Canadians to continue boycotting the US and US made products. He then slams Trump saying, "Canada will never kiss that gangster’s ring."

— Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) 2025-03-20T19:56:55.401Z

WOW: Canadian member of Parliament Charlie Angus calls for Canadians to continue boycotting the US and US made products. He then slams Trump saying, "Canada will never kiss that gangster’s ring."

[Jim__]

1. Vive la Canada!

[Wifes husband]

2. You have to admire them.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Yes I admire them. Everyone else kisses the ring.

Canada won't do it.

Good on them.

[Hassler]

3. If I need to buy anything, I'll look for made in Canada

[dalton99a]

4. .

[Cha]

14. Get the Puck OUT!

TY

[MichMan]

5. Are they planning on shutting down their entire car industry? n/t

[stoned]

6. Great question

[Think. Again.]

9. THEIR auto industry depends on Canadians buying American cars?

That's weird.

[MichMan]

10. Their auto industry depends on them building cars with many US sourced parts

General Motors, Ford, Stellantis and Honda all assemble cars in Canada with US parts

All production would cease if they didn't accept them

[Kingofalldems]

11. So should they give up and become a state?

[MichMan]

13. No, they are free to shut down their entire auto industry if they desire

Pretty certain that's not going to happen

[WarGamer]

36. Why would Canada become a State?

That doesn't make any sense...

[Think. Again.]

17. General motors, Ford, Stellantis, and Honda are not Canadian companies...

...and do not produce ALL their cars in Canada as you imply.

Besides, this is obviously a call for RETAIL boycotts.

[MichMan]

20. Never said or implied anything of the sort.

1) I have lived in SE Michigan my entire life and worked in the auto industry for over 30 years. We live, breathe and die building cars here. I think I understand how it works.



2) According to both the OP and the link, the Canadian Parliament member quoted never mentioned the word retail. I'll take what he said at face value.

[Bev54]

24. And vice versa

[Andy Canuck]

30. Every car will be more expensive

in Canada, US and Mexico. Canada not only assembles cars but manufactures a lot of car parts. Those parts are shipped to Canadian, Mexican, American assembly plants and every time a part crosses the border as a single part or partially/completely assembled car there will be a 25% tariff. The tariffs are murder for the Canadian economy but suicidal for the US economy. Murder/suicide seems like the way Orange Shit-weasel will go out.

[Think. Again.]

8. We, Americans, should start boycotting major American corporations also...

We all know the true power in the U.S. is run by the major money people.

If we make targeted, clearly defined demands to rein in trump accompanied with effective "no buy" events (it only takes 20% of the population to make a big impact and scare them), they will start to realize that trump isn't as good for business as they thought.

[Tansy_Gold]

15. Some of us have been doing this for a long long time

[Magoo48]

16. Yup.

[Think. Again.]

18. Yes, I've seen a couple of attempts...

...of "no spend day" boycotts with clear messaging and good publicity pushing, but we really do need to get serious and organized about it, like what the OP decribes happening in Canada.

[Tansy_Gold]

22. Then just do it.

Seriously. Start now, today. Don't wait for an organization. Just fucking do it. I have no idea how long I've advocated this, whether here on DU or elsewhere. and I've accompanied that advocacy with the lament that too many Americans are still too damn comfortable to be able to do without. Skip the effing Starbucks. Skip the McDonalds. SACRIFICE. If you don't actually SACRIFICE, it's meaningless. Real people are being hurt by this shit, and have been for years. Oh, but now it might hurt YOU, so now YOU're going to do something?

It's time for our side to step up and face down the leopards that are eating EVERYONE's faces.

You, or you, or you, or you could be out of a job tomorrow. You, or you, or you, or you could lose your Social Security benefits tomorrow. Are you even remotely prepared for that? Or have you been saying, "Well, I didn't vote for the leopards eating people's faces party"? That's not going to stop them from eating your face, too.

The warnings are out there now that we could be headed for a 💩 recession. What happens if that becomes a Depression? No one dares use that "D" word any more than they dare use the other one, "Dictatorship." Don't want to go all hyperbolic and scare the common folk now, do we.

[Think. Again.]

27. I have been doing it, I'm obviously talking about a concerted, nationwide, well-organized ...

... and well-publicized group effort with all the pubicity and media hype that's needd, not our silent, individual efforts.

[GardenGnome]

32. That's what happened in Canada

I stopped buying American products immediately. I was surprised to find out other Canadians had the same idea, and within a few weeks, there were reports that 85% of Canadians had either stopped buying American products or were about to boycott them. 85%? I couldn't believe it. And if anyone was asking us to do this, I missed the announcement. Next thing I hear, people are scrapping plans to visit the U.S. even though in some cases that was costing them sizable deposits. And again, these are personal decisions. I think the advantage we had is that the attack came from without not within. Trump united us.

But even though Americans are divided, thanks to the radicalization of the right, there are enough Americans who are horrified by what Trump/Musk/Putin are doing for boycotts to have the desired effect, that of reclaiming your democracy.

So, yes. Just do it.

[Cha]

12. I'm With Canada!

TY!

[Submariner]

19. And if Air Force One crosses into Canadian airspace

light dementia Don up with a 'Welcome To Canada' SAM missile lock until he poops his Huggies, just for shits and giggles.

[Initech]

21. I'm honestly OK with it. We don't deserve nice things until we get these fascist pieces of shit out of our government.

At every single level. They are abusing their powers.

[Meowmee]

23. Proud of them 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

🇨🇦🍁

[Alberta Bound]

25. G7...Alberta Rockies....June

It will be interesting if it happens at all.

The G7 meets in the Alberta (oil country) Kananaskis Provincial Park in June something.

hmmmm.....

Most likely, xtra security plans underway as we speak.

[republianmushroom]

26. Thank you, Canada.

[4catsmom]

28. Canada has total clarity!

I think cold weather sharpens your intellect

[neverforget]

29. As an American, I support this message!

[usedtobedemgurl]

31. Elbows up!

That’s my country! ❤️

[SamKnause]

33. Thank you Canada and Canadians.

[EmmaLee E]

34. It's time

We ALL started acting like CANADIANS!

"Buy Canadian" groups have sprouted up with serious minds asking "what can I use instead of the US _____ that I've always used?"

[RJ-MacReady]

35. Honestly

This makes me want to buy foreign only.

[Paladin]

38. Well done, Canadians.

Whatever it takes.