Personally, I have boycotted Starbucks, California wines, Proctor & Gamble, Bath & Body Works, American mutual funds, American-made soft drinks & protein powder, Advil (because it’s made by American-owned Pfizer) and Smucker’s strawberry jam. I now purchase Canadian, Mexican, British and European equivalents. I also let go of the American brokerage firm sourcing real estate in Arizona, California & Nevada on my behalf, as I am no longer interested in purchasing home(s) in the United States, nor retiring there (at this point in time).

— Serena Quaglia, founder and entrepreneur, Toronto

Image Jurij Senyshyn and Mr. Trudeau

We just canceled a trip to New York and a booking to a Trump property. We had planned to buy again in NYC and had been eyeing a Trump condominium but bought in another country instead.

— Jurij Senyshyn, retired architect, Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia

‘My family and I still shop in the U.S.’

My family and I still shop in the U.S., and still have Papa Johns pizza for dinner every week.

— Francisco Rius, director of analytics, Vancouver, British Columbia

Image Jeffrey Freeman

I came to realize that me not going to the U.S. for vacation hurts the most vulnerable. Think of the waitresses in Myrtle Beach, or the bellhop in New York. Most of the folks in the tourism industry are women and people of color and the newly immigrated — precisely the type of people that Canadians SHOULD support. Boycotts wouldn’t harm Trump or his friends but will harm a great many in the working class!

— Jeffrey Freeman, health care, Toronto

‘I feel fear for the people this is going to hurt on both sides of the border ’

Image Robert Slack Credit... Courtesy of Donna Hopper

I live in a border town, Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario, which has a sister city of the same name in the United States. Our towns are separated by a river. We are geographically closer to Detroit than Toronto. Many of us go to shows in Grand Rapids, Chicago, Detroit, Lansing. Many of us shop in the Michigan Soo, going for cheaper gas, cheaper milk, cheaper beer. But I can’t cross that border any more. I feel anger at the ignorance of the American leadership. And I feel fear for the people this is going to hurt on both sides of the border.

— Robert Slack , I.T. and quality assurance, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario