Emerging Canadian apps like Shop Canadian, Buy Beaver, O SCANada, and Maple Scan are designed to help shoppers quickly determine the Canadian origin of products by scanning barcodes. The initiatives aim to counter the confusion caused by misleading product lists circulating online. Vass Bednar, an expert in public policy, discusses the broader implications of the desire to buy Canadian, especially against the backdrop of a trade war with the U.S., emphasizing the importance of informed purchasing decisions.
"We saw on social media a lot of different lists of products being shared. They were not always correct, so we thought we had to find a way to centralize all of this information."
"Even with the tariffs on U.S. goods mostly on pause for the rest of the month, many are still doing what they can to Buy Canadian and switch their buying habits away from anything American-made."
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