With the threat of tariffs coming from south of the border, it has prompted more and more people to buy Canadian and support the local economy.
I support these initiatives and I admit I need to do a better job at it. I need to improve at reading labels and finding out what is made in our great country and buy that instead.
If we don’t support each other, who will?
I have thought a lot about buying items that were created closer to home and by companies in Canada, but that is coming into sharper focus.
I am hearing from more and more people who feel that same way that I do.
That also applies not just to buying Canadian, but buying locally as well. Yes, I get that money is tight for a lot of people and that sometimes the lowest price has to come first.
If we can purchase items and services from people right in our area, I believe that is a route people have to explore.
We have a lot of great companies, businesses both large and small, and services doing well right in our hometown. If we can keep local businesses strong, it will help everyone as people will be employed and it will diversify our business community.
I won’t beat around the bush – the River Town Times is also a small business. We are owned locally with all of us living in Amherstburg. We shop in town and use local services.
We appreciate when people support us as well as we are doing our best to provide a weekly newspaper for our community.
Promoting your business on social media is one way to get the message out, but so is promoting it through local media like us who take the time to work and interact in your community.
We are always going to be stronger together and that is one thing that has given me hope in the last little while. If that includes spending our money closer to home (and at home), it will make us that much more resilient and sustainable.
I know this a long-winded way to say “shop local,” but it’s a message I think is important.
If you can keep your business on this side of the border, I think it’s worth the effort.
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