I tried to get on with this “Buy Canadian” protest. But ketchup, a basic north American staples far as I’m concerned, has no major Canadian only manufacturers. The only stuff you can find is boutique stuff that’s like 10 bucks for 500ml. and you have to have it shipped to you.
We never needed to grow it all here because of our trade partnership with the States.
Since that’s never coming back, we should be able to scale our hothouse (indoor production) tomatoes for the extra demand.
Since tomatoes can be made into non perishable goods, there’s far less risk to farmers, even if you overproduce.