Swift backlash from 2SLGBTQ+ community over series author J.K. Rowling

Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted: Jul 28, 2026 1:10 PM EDT

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    Been avoiding them for more than a decade. Can’t avoid them harder. :| Sadly individual action is rarely effective against large corpos and they persevere. Still we do what we can.

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    This was so disappointing to see. Haven’t thought Tim Hortons was Canadian for a long time. The decline continues - not going there anymore.

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    Tim Hortons is un-Canadian.

    They’re not Canadian-owned. All they’ve done is become the most common drive-thru coffee chain, while wrapping up the Canadian identity and trying to sell it back to Canadians.

    It’s sad that people still see it as Canadian. Today, it’s not much more Canadian than McDonalds.

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    15 hours ago

    JK Rowling is the architect of the deaths of trans kids, she is not welcome in Canada. First Nations would be furious if she was allowed to enter.

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    13 hours ago

    I would boycott, except I haven’t bought anything there in years on account of it not being good.

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    RIP Tim Hortons. This is not the final nail in the coffin because the coffin has already been nailed closed, chained shut, coated in epoxy and encased in concrete and buried for years. I stopped shopping there when they stopped cooking donuts in-store, but every decision they’ve made since then has only made me more committed. If they want to pour a dumptruck load more nails on top of the burial mound they are certainly welcome to do that and I welcome anything they can do to make it even less likely that I will ever accidentally come near a Tim Horton’s again. They’re continuing to do a great job and I thank them for it.

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    Never a big Tim’s fan but there is one close to the office I’d hit on occassion for an iced Capp or a tea. Stopped last week when the Harry Potter shit dropped and won’t be going back.

    Choose love, not hate.