The Daily Populous Friday February 7th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by cultmtl.com and submitted by A-Wise-Cobbler

“Despite the reprieve on tariffs, Montreal is not letting its guard down.”

The City of Montreal has dropped Amazon from its list of suppliers, pledges to buy local

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced today that the city had dropped Amazon from its list of suppliers in response to the still-looming tariff threat from the U.S. Plante pledged to buy local, or use international alternatives.

Amazon critics are also calling for a boycott following the closure of seven warehouses in Quebec, leading to a loss of 1,700 jobs in the province — 4,500 if subcontractors are included, according to the CSN union. Amazon is now facing legal action from CSN.

“The City of Montreal is stopping orders from Amazon until further notice. Despite the reprieve on tariffs, Montreal is not letting its guard down. We are combing through our supplier list to find local or international alternatives. We remain united and will buy locally when possible.”

Malgré le sursis au niveau des tarifs douaniers, Montréal ne baisse pas la garde. On passe la liste de nos fournisseurs au peigne fin pour trouver des alternatives locales ou internationales.

On demeure solidaire et on achète local lorsque c'est possible. — Valérie Plante (@Val_Plante) February 6, 2025 The City of Montreal has dropped Amazon from its list of suppliers, pledges to buy local

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ActHour4099 on February 7th, 2025 at 08:04 UTC »

Swiss here, we can't purchase from amazon either and we are all still alive.

ilud2 on February 7th, 2025 at 04:56 UTC »

For anyone outside of Canada wondering, this is probably moreso about Amazon recently closing like all of their warehouses in Quebec in response to one of them unionizing than it is about Amazon being American. Although the latter is probably a small part of it as well

Timeset_VC on February 7th, 2025 at 04:34 UTC »

That's the only action possible to get the US back on track, hit them were it makes pain for them - Amazon, Facebook, Meta, Instagram, Twitter, Tesla, Starlink, you name it. The Nazis world wide are boosted by their election meddling tools.

You have the choice, take it!