On Thursday Trump doubled down on his deadline next Tuesday for imposing the 25 percent duties on more than $900 billion worth of annual imports from Canada and Mexico, citing insufficient progress in reducing fentanyl overdose deaths in the U.S. Palmateer says he initially found it difficult to source certain items including Canadian diet soda, and other items including mushrooms and tomatoes were more expensive to source locally.
Elsewhere, coffee shops across Canada have staged small protests of their own, renaming their Americanos as “Canadianos.” Despite most coffee shop owners wanting to remain apolitical, the trend of renaming the popular drink – made up of an espresso shot and water – has taken hold.
The “Canadiano” revolution began with a since-deleted Instagram post from British Columbia-based coffee company Kicking Horse Coffee, which urged shops to change the names of their drinks to something more patriotic.
Graham Palmateer, owner of Gram’s Pizza, has done away completely with U.S. products, relying on homegrown ingredients or ones imported from Europe.
A pizzeria in Toronto has joined the ever growing number of Canadian institutions to stage boycotts of American products, following Donald Trump’s threats to put exorbitant tariffs on his neighbor to the north.
