Will tariffs divide or unite Canada?

📰 Highlights

🥸 Tariffs is all we’ve been hearing about for the last 10 days. Ever since Trump slapped 25% tariff on steel and aluminum, Canada retaliated heavily:

• Majority of provinces responded by threatening to pull American liquor from the shelves, as well as banning American companies from contract bids.

• This lasted until the end of the weekend, at which points, the leaders of US and Canada finally met and sorted things out by committing to stronger border defense measures.

What this means for us:

• American alcohol, orange juice and peanut butter will get more expensive or hard to find

• American appliances and furniture will get more expensive

• Car prices are projected to increase by an average of $3,000

• American sports equipment and cosmetics prices will increase

• keep reading to learn about Canadian alternatives!

🇨🇦 Immigration updates:

• The new Rural andFrancophone pilot is launched! Check out the regions where the pilot will be active here

• How Canada is protecting its borders against illegal immigration and fraud

🥳How to avoid tariffs

Let’s be real: just because tariffs were delayed doesn’t mean they’re off the table—or that they won’t hit our wallets eventually.

The best way to protect yourself from rising costs? Shop Canadian. Skip the overpriced, tariff-heavy imports (let’s be honest, some of that produce is tasteless anyway) and support local farmers and businesses instead.

We tested this out over the weekend by swapping out our usual grocery list for Canadian-made alternatives—and it was easier (and more rewarding) than we expected!

Just for you, we’ve put together a list of amazing Canadian companies that create, build, and produce everything you need.

• Explore the list of Canadian grocery brands - from cereal, to tea and dairy.

• Check out a list of 7,000 ( and counting) Canadian startups

• Want to check if your food item is Made in Canada? Scan it!

Want to add a product or a category to the list? Send us an email! We’re building a directory of Canadian products

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💼 Jobs Highlights

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📌Alma, a healthy eating app is looking for an ML engineer and Marketing generalist

📌 StackAdapt, a Canadian AI-powered ad platform mega company is hiring for 50+ roles across marketing, operations, engineering and product

📌 VoltSafe, a Vancouver-based marine EV innovator, is looking for tech sales people

📌 Mangrove Lithium, a Canadian clean tech company from Vancouver is hiring for mechanical designers, QA, millwright, and technician

📌 Teck Resources Limited, a Canadian resource and mining company is hiring for interns and coops, as well as project coordinators and business analysts

📌 Mistplay, a mobile gaming company, is hiring for a marketing and data science intern, as well as engineering and product