Longtime NDP MP Charlie Angus has called on Canadians to join a nationwide boycott of Amazon in protest of their closures in Canada, specifically seven warehouses in Quebec, even while listing seven different books for sale on the platform.
Angus, who has been an MP since 2004, has written multiple books, including his most popular book, Dangerous Memory, which warns of an “incoming decade of greed.”
His other books include Cobalt, which discusses the controversial past of minings projects in Africa and Canada, and “Children of the Broken Treaty,” in which he accuses Canada of having a history of apartheid.
Angus also attacked Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for “making fun” of Canada, by allowing Amazon to sell ‘51st state’ satirical merchandise among the over 150 million products offered in Canada.
Amazon’s warehouse closures in Quebec came after workers at the company’s Laval location decided to unionize, although Amazon’s representatives have denied the link.
Along with antagonizing Bezos, Angus has targeted Elon Musk by leading a petition calling on the government of Canada to revoke Musk’s dual citizenship status in Canada for allegedly “influencing Canadian elections and engaging activities that go against the national interest of Canada”.
In November of last year, he tweeted that he wanted to “get as far away from Elon Musk as possible”, he has since opted for Bluesky, instead of X.
Angus and his New Democrat colleagues across Canada have been encouraging Canadians to distance themselves from American produce in response to the looming tariff threat from the U.S.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in a speech last week that Trump should be disinvited from the upcoming G7 meeting in Alberta in June.
In Saskatchewan, the provincial New Democrats called on the local government to wipe the shelves clean of American alcohol in retaliation to potential U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods.
Angus did not respond to True North’s request for comment.