Does the price stop any Canadians here at photrio from buying film? My point is the people who are left that actually want to shoot film will buy film pretty much at any price. There are Canadian sites selling superia natura 1600 for almost $20 a roll and it's flying off shelves. Probably would still sell at $30. People who want the stuff are few and far between these days. Those people will pay what they have to to get what they want. I've never seen a post on photrio saying, "that's it, I'm done with film. It's too expensive". I read posts about people "snatching up" film that costs $20 a roll!
I actually have a few places around here that you can walk in the door and see (a few) rolls of film on the shelf. In most cases, they are gathering dust, because they are priced so high.
I've talked to a few people in the industry who are at the retail level. Even though it would make financial sense to incur the extra costs, they are barred from purchasing wholesale from US sources, while the Canadian sources have such high prices and minimum order terms that they cannot justify bringing in inventory. None of those sources are the manufacturers - they are distribution channels that distribute other, often non-photographic materials as well.
One of those stores actually gets some of their "amateur" films from a supplier for grocery stores.
It isn't the people here at Photrio who are most impacted - many of us have figured out workarounds. It also isn't the people who really want to shoot film who are impacted - they aren't nearly as price sensitive.
It is the people who may be interested in starting or continuing to shoot film - the people who might actually supply some growth and stability to the industry.
There is no comparison between something like the auto industry and this. Even if we pay more for autos here in Canada, there is choice, and competition, and selection, and a distribution system that functions.
I have the advantage of living close to the border. I can access all sorts of US sources at low cost and minimal inconvenience. My wife and I shop in the USA reasonably regularly. There are quite a few things that are worth buying there, but there are also many things that work out to be cheaper in Canada. Most likely, much of that relates to the quality of the distribution systems for those items.