Rise of “Buy Canadian”

In response to recent tariff threats, there has been a groundswell of Canadian patriotism and the emergence of a fervent “Buy Canadian” movement. “I think it’s more important now than ever that we support local,” says Imran Hasan, president of Transglobal Systems of Canada (TSOC), based in Mississauga, Ont.

“While it’s important to support our local restaurants and our farmers, I think supporting local is a message that goes far beyond that. There’s many businesses that are Canadian and employ local people and have technologies and products and services that are serving local businesses,” he says.

TSOC, which specializes in network cabling infrastructure and communications solutions, operates almost exclusively within Canada. While the company once considered expanding into U.S. markets, the financial barriers outweighed the benefits, making domestic growth a more strategic choice, according to Hasan.

“There wasn’t enough of a motivation for us to make that decision and in hindsight it was probably a good idea not to explore that option,” he says. “I’m really optimistic about what the future looks like and I think it’s very important that we have that conversation about supporting local.”

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