Travel experts say Canadians’ resolve to avoid travel to the U.S. will only deepen given U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff talk. Trump today (Feb. 24) said he will go ahead next week with a 25% tariff on most imports from Canada. “The tariffs are going forward on time, on schedule,” he told reporters at the White House. “This is an abuse that took place for many, many years.” Survey after survey has shown that one-half of Canadians or more say they’ll reduce or avoid travel to the U.S. given what they believed to be an unwarranted financial attack from Read more
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A new Leger poll should throw a serious scare into the U.S. travel and tourism industry. The poll finds that nearly half of Canadians (48%) say they’re less likely to visit the U.S. this year versus in 2024. That’s nearly double the 29% of Canadians who said the same thing in a Narrative poll taken in mid-January. Perhaps more troubling for those who rely on Canadian visitors is that Leger found that 57% of Canadians with a household income of $100,000 or more are less likely to visit the States this year. The figure was 49% for those in the Read more
Some Canadians are booing the U.S. national anthem at sporting events. “Buy Canadian” websites are springing up like desert wildflowers after the first spring rain. And folks from the north of the border are swearing off trips to the U.S. of A. It’s been a remarkable start to the new year in Canada; like nothing I’ve seen in my 44 years living in the True North Strong and (for now) Free. Canadians (not all, but a majority, I would say) began to worry last November when U.S. voters decided to re-elect Donald Trump. (Full disclosure, I was born and raised Read more
