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We have in place:

1. Buy items that are from Canada. Then secondly from any country other than USA.
2. Have a very tiny bit slack for products from blue states.
3. If you want oranges, if none offered from non American sources then buy California oranges but not Florida oranges.
4. Buy from Canadian retailers before from a USA retailer. Like buy at Rona and not Home Depot. Our first target to not patronize, is Starbucks for quite a few reasons.

Yes there is an impact to Canadian workers when you don’t patronize a USA retailer located in Canada … but the message needs to be sent. And our personal impact is negligible. But would be nice to hear that USA clothing stores, restaurants etc. are less profitable in Canada.

We will be tweaking as time goes by.

I care mostly about how companies treat their customers and employees. Uber's customer-abuse and employee-abuse policies, along with their wanton lawbreaking, make me a confirmed taxi user when not on my motorcycle or transit.

HermanH said
Are you certain that you 'need' a cup/day or do you just 'like/want' a cup/day?

There are plenty of alternatives. I know of no specific dietary requirement that can only be satisfied by OJ. Do you have one?  

I like my OJ too. Even when diluted with a clear Food-grade flammable liquid .... 🙂

I've read many times that much of the Canadian supply of oranges for Canadian juice comes from Brazil. I buy PC OJ prepared in Canada not from concentrate. Oasis is another brand I know of.

PC apple juice also prepared in Canada not FR concentrate. All Allen's juices I've seen say from concentrate

cgouimet said

I like my OJ too. Even when diluted with a clear Food-grade flammable liquid .... 🙂

I've read many times that much of the Canadian supply of oranges for Canadian juice comes from Brazil. I buy PC OJ prepared in Canada not from concentrate. Oasis is another brand I know of.

PC apple juice also prepared in Canada not FR concentrate. All Allen's juices I've seen say from concentrate  

BTW... I gather Florida and California don't do as much in juice as they used to. So thing about alternating insufficient and excessive weather...

usephrase said

Shopper Drug Mart, they sell Simply® Orange juice ( made in where?), PC Orange Juice ( Prepared in Canada) , Tropicana ( Product of USA), these brands are 100% pure orange, not from concentrate.
I will check if they sell PC apple juice prepared in Canada not FR concentrate.

I am lazy to wash fruits... A cup of Orange Juice is the only thing I take Vitamin C everyday.
I went to Giant Tiger today, I was surprised that almost all fresh vegetables and most of fresh fruits are from USA, Why they do not sell products of Canada ??? I want something made in Canada, not USA. I did not buy any today. I can not live without vegetables.  

I like OJ. It's enjoyment. I do take C and D supplements everyday.

usephrase said

I am lazy to wash fruits... A cup of Orange Juice is the only thing I take Vitamin C everyday.

Don't worry. You are certainly not alone. Most people are simply too lazy to care about country of origin, too. Everyone's got an excuse.

usephrase said
I am lazy to wash fruits... A cup of Orange Juice is the only thing I take Vitamin C everyday.

George Carlin had a monologue years ago about too much cleanliness. He said we need to exercise our immune system; Eat that half eaten Burger from the McD garbage.

For those who must have juice and too lazy to wash apples, you could try bottled (shelf stable) juices. Black River is a brand that comes to mind. As far as I know, it's a Canadian brand. They come in various fruits including black cherry , unsweetened cranberry (too sour on its own but nice with Perrier etc in summer), apple, etc. I think they are Cdn sourced but not positive. Other brands like Lakewood and, I think, Sarah's, are US based. Can sometimes be found in health food section if not on regular shelf; also sold in small bottles in some convenience stores. They taste much better than those horrid little bottles of OJ etc that you can get in convenience stores.
You can also try non-alcoholic apple cider. Look for the somewhat opaque ones, usually in plastic containers, often found in markets or health food departments, sometimes frozen. they are very nice, better than plain apple juice IMHO..

Sugar is a naturally occurring substance in all fruit juices. It doesn't have to be an added ingredient to be a sugar. The sweeter the fruit, the more natural sugar, so amounts may vary among fruits of same type. Some juice or "drink" manufacturers will add sugar in order to make all their batches taste the same. Rougemont, which I believe is a Quebec company, uses apples from different countries to supplement Cdn product when insufficient local product available. Added sugars are sometimes labelled as sucrose, glucose, fructose, dextrose, maltose, etc.