Blitz Bureau
As the Trump administration’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico went into effect, Canadians discovered empty shelves where US liquor products were once stocked, reported NBC News. Canadian social media users posted photos and videos of stores across the country seemingly pulling USmade liquor from their inventories, said the report.
Joshua Gariepy, a college student in Quebec, posted a photo showing empty shelves in a store in Quebec, where US liquor products were once displayed.
“To me, this photo perfectly captures the situation: the ‘Products of USA’ sign remains, but the shelves are empty,” Gariepy said in an interview, referring to the sign displayed above the vacant shelf reading “Etats-Unis,” French for “United States.”
The Government of New Brunswick said on Facebook that it has stopped buying US alcohol, posting a video of an employee reboxing wine bottles from the US section of an Alcool NB Liquor store.
Another video posted on TikTok by user @Keltieheather shows bare shelves under various ‘USA’ signs at a store in Nova Scotia.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario announced in a statement on its website that it has “ceased the purchase of all US products.”
President Donald Trump imposed a 25 per cent tariff on nearly all goods from Canada and Mexico, saying the levies are meant to hold the United States’ largest trading partners accountable for fentanyl flowing into the country.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau balked at the tariffs, saying there was “no justification” for them because “less than 1 pc of the fentanyl intercepted at the US border came from Canada.”
In response to the US tariffs, Canada shot back with tariffs of its own, moving ahead with an earlier plan to impose 25 per cent levies on 155 billion Canadian dollars ($107 billion) of US goods.
