After US President Donald Trump threatened Canada with sharp tariffs, Monica Morieli from Montreal canceled her subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon, two American companies.
It also canceled a journey that it later planned in the year to New Orleans.
“There is something that has been irreversibly broken now, centuries after being allies from the United States and Canada,” BBC told BBC.
She said that the threat of import taxes, in addition to Trump's statements that Canada could become the 51st American state, “made something in all of us.”
Trump pledged to slap a 25 % tariff for both Canada and Mexico this week, citing issues with border security.
Then a surprise deal with Mexico was concluded on Monday, which led to the delay of duties for 30 days for more Mexican forces on the border. A similar deal with Canada was agreed later in the day.
For Canadians, who were very concerned about the economic consequences of definitions, the delay sparked. But some feel that the threat caused a crack in the relationship of the United States and Canada.
On Wednesday's data on Wednesday, Angus Red Angus Reed found that 91 % of Canadians want their country to depend less on the United States in the future, preferring this option to reform the relationship of the United States and Canada, although more than half of them still want to try.
Survey of opinion also pointed to a great leap in national pride, and found that 90 % of Canadians were closely following this issue, which mimics the levels of participation that have not been seen since the beginning of the Covid-19s.
Shatchi Corle, Angus Reed, BBC, told the numbers a “moment of unity” in the country. They also showed that the Canadians responded to the American definitions with a common sense of anger.
Although the United States is the largest Canadian commodity agent, the tariffs threaten to push the Canadian economy to stagnate and expose thousands of jobs.
In addition to the definitions, Trump has repeatedly stated (perhaps a joke) that Canada should instead become an American state to avoid paying the tax – a note that was angry with the Canadians, and some have seen it threatening their sovereignty.
The issue has made a way to increase patriotism in Canada – especially the unification of people from all political lines at a time when the country was deeply divided into the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and its policies.
Politicians and the general public have prompted “Canadian purchase”, as shoppers want to support local companies and avoid buying products made by the United States on possible definitions.
Carroll Chandler, 67 -year -old retired school, said that, like Mrs. Moreli, canceled a holiday to Florida.
“I love America and the Americans,” I told BBC. “But I don't want to be one.”
Even with a temporary stop on customs tariffs, some Canadian provinces are still pushing forward with “local purchase” campaigns to encourage people to spend their dollars near the house.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister in Manitoba and Wad Keno said that his boycott would spend $ 140,000 Canadian dollars (97,800 dollars; 78200 pounds) on the announcement – including on advertising and radio paintings – to push Manitopans to contribute to their local economy.
The provinces also remove the barriers that prevent trade internally within Canada, and many demand the country to diversify its commercial relationship and build relationships elsewhere.
Keno described back and forth about the potential tariff war between the United States and Canada as closer to “injury.”
“But through all this, seeing people gather and gathering around science, to put the pride of Manitoba first and foremost, was very encouraging,” Keno said.
Mrs. Corle noted that the relationship between Canada and the United States had borne centuries ago, and that the two countries have long been allies and partners on the world stage.
“It is a very explosive relationship,” she said.
Canadians not only participate in deep economic relations with the United States, but also family ties and the longest terrestrial borders in the world. The United States has long been a better travel destination for Canadians.
She said that it will not be easy to decipher these relations, and it remains to see whether the last feelings about Trump's tariff indicate a basic shift between the two countries.
She added that many of them can depend on how the relationship with the current American president progresses, and whether the threat of customs tariffs was.
While the Canadians are waiting and watching what is happening, they said they are looking to support them so that they can support them.
“We do not put great offers as the Americans do,” said Ms. Chandler of Halifax.
She said that the Canadian patriotism is working deeply.
