Montreal has dropped Amazon from its list of suppliers, pledges to buy local
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·February 7, 2025knowitnone
Except when you're buying local, you're buying mostly imported products. I'm no fan of Amazon but you're swapping one middleman for another.
toomuchtodo
The only way to send signal to commercial entities is economic. This is signal, and another middleman is likely preferable to Amazon (based on province goals, outcomes, and options available).
Not a fan of Amazon? Don't give them subsidies, revenue, favorable treatment, etc.
vdupras
Yes, but if that new middleman has less "economy of scale" types of prices, then it makes truly local alternative compare better, no?
In other words, let's say Amazon is 5% cheaper than all alternatives, including crude "aliexpress front stores" useless middlemen, banning Amazon won't make those stores magically cheaper. Therefore, it gives breathing space to all competition, including truly local alternatives.
ivewonyoung
Taxpayers are burdened by that 5% in your example. Instead of enriching local rich people, just take that 5% and give to the poorest in the province as UBI.
null
While tariffs are on everyone's mind, the key reason is:
> Amazon critics are also calling for a boycott following the closure of seven warehouses in Quebec
Amazon warehouses in the provice had started unionizing. Incredible coincidence.