I live in Deepest South Florida. Normally there are a LOT of snowbirds down here at this time of year. Hmm. I see New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsylvania, even Ohio and Maine license plates. Where, oh where, are the Ontario and Quebec and so on plates?

There are effectively no Canadian snowbirds (other than real birds, that is; there are far too many bloody Canada geese) and the locals in multiple industries have noticed and are NOT happy. The guys in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Caymans, Jamaica, the eastern Caribbean, and Mexico… they’re happy.

I just checked the numbers and Canada imports almost $1billion of wine, beer and spirits per year from the US).

What you may not realize is that most of these purchases are made by provincial liquor distributors – these are provincial authorities under the control of their respective provinces.

The LCBO in Ontario is, in fact, the largest single purchaser of alcoholic beverages in the world – it buys $6 billion a year. It’s rivals include the similar buyers in Quebec and British Columbia.

Here in BC, you can still technically buy US wine etc. but in many stores, the US section is closed off.

When you decide to threaten people’s freedom, you should be prepared for some push back. The official stats are not yet in, but I would be very surprised if the boycott of US products and services is not having a significant effect.

US liquor boycott by Canada is so trivial as to be not worthy of consideration, please understand that I focused on liquor as an example of what is taking place on a broader scale.

The boycott of American goods and services has been embraced by a significant percentage of Canadians. This is not a particularly organized action but more grass roots and everybody has their own interpretation of the “rules”.

There has been some notable action at the provincial level (liquor being one of them) but mostly it is about individual Canadians making their voice heard.

You might argue “Who gives a fig what Canadians think or do?” Well, if that applies in your case, you dont need to leave a comment as doing so only undermines your message.