Aristides

No one is stopping vacations, they are just changing destinations. Canadian visitors alone contributed over 20 billion a year to the US economy, supporting about 140,000 jobs. Rebuilding eh. So far all we have seen is demolition of the economy, government and reputation.

Flight Centre travel says business bookings are down 40% because of Trump threats and tariffs. Whine all you want but you chose your president and this is the world's response. They are embracing their freedom not to go to the US.

Don’t watch either of them, or CNN or Fox etc. US tourism is way down and foreign governments are issuing travel advisories about the US because of this. They aren't doing it because of MSNBC or the View. Land crossings from Canada were down 900,000 in March, a month when they are usually up because of spring break. April will be even worse.

So if that is the criteria, why is the Bloc there?

Doesn't matter whether you crossed legally or not, they just have to decide they don't like a tattoo or any other reason they dream up.

Of course not. What if you were visiting the US and they decided for some reason they didn't like you and fired you off to an El Salvador prison in the middle of the night. I'm glad you finally realize the US is being turned into another China or Iran. That's one of the dumbest whataboutisms you have come up with yet.

Your country is now one where a person can be disappeared by ICE and wind up in any Central American prison who is willing to take your governments money with no questions asked and no due process. Rule of law my ass.

FFS yourself. Drama Queen. Yes, don't you?

I agree, the Canadian market is almost 2 million vehicles a year. Not being built in the US will be a requirement if I ever go shopping for a new car. Both my current vehicles were built in Germany and should last me another ten years with the mileage I put on them. Who knows, by then I might not be driving.

The US is now a country where you can be grabbed by ICE and shipped off to an El Salvador prison with zero due process. Regardless of how unlikely, why take the risk if you don't have to.

They say they are considering it. Time will tell if it is for real or just a contingency plan.

https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/10/the-thing-about-europe-its-the-actual-land-of-the-free-now?utm_campaign=a.io_fy2526_q1_conversion-geopoliticsasc-cbdr-sub_prospecting_global-global_auction_btl&utm_medium=social-media.content.pd&utm_source=facebook-instagram&utm_content=conversion.content.non-subscriber.content_staticlinkad_np-landfree-n-apr_na-na_article_na_na_na_na&utm_term=sa.int-all&utm_id=faq120676&fbclid=IwY2xjawJrSsxleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqx6evdV6NQEeZ7gTwEkdN-9iGW4l5NSCK0at3EGMDGx7ck9R4ICisOgXH7WSHUON3o9D7vk_aem_hjQjNrWgwQ5W5TH3Z1shtg Lot of truth to this. While it has its faults, it doesn't have the things that are destroying US democracy.

The Senate and House are dominated by Trump ass kissers, they haven't shown much interest in restraining him to date.

This trade war seems to be working out well for Canadian ETF's. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2025/04/14/buy-canada-extends-to-equity-etfs-with-biggest-flow-since-2021/

An article by someone who has lived this movie before. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-first-person-nino-antadze-1.7499239

We'll see. I wasn't referring to the judicial system.

Because the USD was seen as the world reserve currency and the refuge in a storm, the US has been able to finance massive deficits and enjoy cheap stuff with an over valued dollar without facing the consequences. As countries and investors de dollarize and shun US treasury bonds because they see the US as unreliable, reality will start to hit home. Just about every country has seen its currency rise against the USD since March including the CAD as they are being seen as more reliable. Devaluation of the USD will do more to reduce US imports than tariffs.

I don't think you will like what you get.

Like those dipsticks would know anything about manual labour.