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While there are plenty of examples to the contrary, the general academic consensus is that boycotts don鈥檛 work for a sustained period, as consumers eventually disengage and reprioritize brand loyalties or price. According to a recent poll, however,聽the Buy Canadian movement shows no signs of slowing down.

One major factor to consider when gauging the likelihood of success: a target as broad as the entire U.S. consumer goods space spreads out the impact of individual consumer choices and may limit the movement's impact, the聽骋濒辞产别听points out, especially as boycotters are seeking to indirectly influence the U.S. government rather than a company.

Another concern is聽the potential for unintended consequences, such as consumers turning away from products that are mainly or entirely made here but owned by U.S. firms. 鈥淲e can think about Frito-Lay鈥檚 potato chips,鈥� economist and agronomist Pascal Th茅riault, Director of 大发彩票平台鈥檚 Farm Management and Technology program told the Globe. 鈥淏y boycotting that American company that鈥檚 processing Canadian inputs in Canada, with Canadian workers, you end up hurting your own economy.鈥�

He adds that Canada's huge food processing industry can be compared to the auto sector, with elements of the final product going back and forth across the border. For example, Alberta-born calves may cross the border for testing, return to be raised in Canada on grain that comes from both countries, then shipped back to the U.S. for slaughter. 鈥淚s it American or Canadian beef in the end?鈥� Th茅riault asks. 鈥淚t鈥檚 extremely complicated to decide.鈥�

For now at least, the Canadian boycott of U.S. goods shows no sign of letting up. Th茅riault points out that all three major Canadian supermarket chains have added signage indicating Canadian products. 鈥淣one of the three wants to be the one that will not identify its Canadian products, right? So that becomes a movement that touches everyone and all the food retailers,鈥� he says.