Half Of Canadians Dump U.S. Travel: POLL
This is a poll from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute:
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Tariffs on Canadian goods crossing into the United States might largely be on hold for another two weeks, but many Canadians are already changing their consumer habits to support domestic producers.
A new Angus Reid Institute analysis of data donated by the Angus Reid Group finds 85 per cent of Canadians stating that they have already done so, or plan to replace U.S. products. Half (48%) say they’re replacing as many as they can find substitutes for, while 37 per cent say they are replacing those where they can find a similar price and quality.
By far the most likely change that Canadians say they’re making or likely to make is purchasing Canadian groceries. Among those who will make a change, 98 per cent say they’re looking for “Made in Canada” when they peruse the aisles.
Breaking this down into more specific actions, the scale of potential change is evident. Four-in-five (78%) are committing to buying more Canadian products overall, while three-in-five (59%) say they’ll boycott U.S. products.
Travel is also in the crosshairs of Canadians. Half (48%) say they will cancel or delay plans to enter the U.S. Canadian airlines and travel companies are reportedly already feeling the financial impact of this trend.
More Key Findings:
- Amazon is evidently likely to feel the economic pain from Canadians changing their buying habits. Two-in-five (41%) say that as long as these threats from Trump are being made, they will seek to buy elsewhere than the internet giant.
- Men between the ages of 35 and 54 (28%) and current Conservative Party supporters (28%) are most likely to say they will not make any changes in response to this trade conflict. This, compared to 15 per cent in the general population.
- In addition to purchasing changes, one-quarter of Canadians (23%) say they’ve taken to social media to post comments in support of Canada, or plan to do so
Link to the poll here: www.angusreid.org/
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The withdrawal from using Amazon is really no surprise. Why would I give them my business when its chair, Jeff Bezos, is using the profits he makes from me to, among other things, pay for Trump’s inauguration festivities and was a prominent Trump guest at the actual inauguration itself?
If there are no alternatives to his products, I’ll do without, thanks.
Voter. Interestingly enough, in his first term as president, DumbOld oftentimes referred to the head of Amazon as Jeff Bozo. That probably provided the inspiration for Bezos to make the contribution to Trumpf’s inauguration.
Sisco,
I wonder which came first, the chicken or the egg. Did Bezos donate to get Trump’s attention in the hopes that reading his name on a million dollar cheque would help Trump pronounce it properly or did Trump let it be known that the more zeros on your cheque, the easier a time he would have with your name? Does the rhyming of “zeros” and “Bezos” help Trump’s elocution?