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k1972.bsky.social
@k1972.bsky.social

I’ve lived in the US and have visited many times but while this govt, or any future maga gop govt, is in power, I will spend my tourism dollars elsewhere. Sad since there were so many beautiful parts of the US that were on my bucket list.

blueeyes2.bsky.social
@blueeyes2.bsky.social

My husband and I love to travel and there are places in the U.S. we’d love to visit but our plans have been put on hold until after either this November or 2028. Over the past year, we’ve cruised the Norwegian fjords, visited Newfoundland and Jasper/Banff. Great trips!!

Halfpint DJT IS MY NELLIE OLSEN!
@halfpintptbo.bsky.social

Its understood that some cross the boarder for work. Many nurses do to Michigan cause Ford treats them like shit. That's not the issue. Look at the recent issue of a Canadian mom & child going for a babyshower? Both detained. Crazy. It was never about the criminals.

Dan in NY
@dannwest.bsky.social

While it hurts many who are innocent, I'm pleased Canadians are sending an economic message to the US. Unfortunately, Trump and his grifters probably don't care.

At The Speed of Sport
@middleinfield.bsky.social

Downloaded LibreOffice and was VERY impressed... next step in the digital abandonment of all things 'merica is ditching MS Office. Disney, Amazon, Netflix and Apple all got tossed last year, and THRILLED to be able to send Microsoft out back with the rest of them. NEVER to be seen again.

donbpa.bsky.social
@donbpa.bsky.social

I wish I was Canadian so I could boycott the US. No one in their right mind should come to the MAGAt run cesspool. The World Cup and Olympics should be boycotted, as well. Unfortunately, I'm a US citizen and I'm ashamed to live in a country that could elect a treasonous felon.

The Frankenmuppet🇨🇦
@frankenmuppet.bsky.social

And don't plan on returning, not even when a more sane president is in the White House, not ever again... Full stop We have also have found non-American alternatives for most of my groceries and regular shopping lists.... Those purchases won't be coming back to our former allies either 🤷

pepper5733.bsky.social
@pepper5733.bsky.social

Yeah Canada! We are not backing down any time soon. This is not just about Trump, as a majority of active voters voted for this guy more than once. Unfreaking believable. Something is very, very sick in your republic and body politic.

DougBlueWahoo 🦋💙✌️🌈🌊
@dougbluewahoo2.bsky.social

A majority of Americans did NOT vote for the Tangerine Twat! Dispel yourself of that. 77 million out of 340 million did. Musk/putin manipulated the election w/software interference. They cheated. Musk is facing charges for fraudulent ballot stuffing in many states. There’s more to the story.

Colleen
@wildplumbay.bsky.social

After centuries of close relations, many Canadians have homes and family and businesses in the U.S. My eighty year old neighbour is going to the U.S. for her granddaughter’s wedding. Can’t fault her. We have to do our best for sure, but some folks have to go. We could stop cross border sports though

pb63.bsky.social
@pb63.bsky.social

Work, family and property owners probably account for much of it. Keep in mind, there are MAGA supporters in Canada whose numbers are not insignificant. But there are still others who could be doing more to help the boycott, ie sports, bachelorette parties, etc

Allison
@allison99.bsky.social

I agree. But, my friend's retired parents sold their home in Oshawa (ON, Canada), bought a cottage in the Kawartha Lakes for the summer and a condo in Florida for the winter. And this is the case for so many "snow birds". I personally would try and convince them to sell if they were my folks...

JJ in PA
@jem61.bsky.social

I really noticed this on our annual Spring Training visit. I stay in Dunedin FL, which is spring home of the Blue Jays. Normally cant get into any restaurants and the downtown is packed. Not this year. Even St. Pat's Day crowd was smaller. Noticeably fewer Toronto fans.

blueskynotx24.bsky.social
@blueskynotx24.bsky.social

14 months in,I still understand why the Canadians have done it. I'm glad they have not asked us to remove our NORAD installations ... I mean, we kinda need the call from them if something is headed over the n.pole.. but whateve.. allies. also, the whiskey industry is feeling it too. maga.

RE:Reality
@regardingreality.bsky.social

Hey Forbes, why are you lying saying “Canadian’s rejection of the U.S.”? Who rejected who? Who threatened to annex who? You’re losing all credibility with headlines like that.

Aster Vérité
@aster-verite.bsky.social

Now, only a small percentage of Canadians ever visited the US by car annually, so I don't really despise 65% of Canadians. But I despise 100% of you treasonous pieces of shit who continue to visit fascist twatland.

Cats of Yore
@catsofyore.bsky.social

We live in northern Vermont and last fall we adopted our kitten Marcel from a shelter in Quebec. They had driven cats over the border in the past but were understandably too hesitant to cross the border under the current regime. Our friend @stonkers.bsky.social drove up to get him!

Don't Ask, Won't Tell
@melissawoodruff.bsky.social

I had a beloved cat (Aloisious) who lost his eye, while going through cat scratch fever. My dad had fixed up a bed in a cardboard box to run car exhaust to euthanize him, but he kept purring every time my dad touched him. My dad couldn't do it, and 2 days later he was up and at 'em! But paralysis

emrong
@emrong.bsky.social

I stand with my Canadian neighbors even though my Canadian neighbor (literally next door to me) kicked my ass on the Golf course yesterday!!!

Charles C Cadmus
@carliecad.bsky.social

The Orange Turd has created chaos all over the world. His cretinous tariff policies, dubious alliances/ostracising old allies and war have impoverished the planet while enhancing the wealth of the elite, including himself, his cohort and the increasingly powerful billionaires who pull the strings.

Mark P Nicholls
@markpn.bsky.social

When corporations get hurt they tell the people they paid for to sort things out. In the US, the corporations that are hurting aren't the ones that have the biggest voices and the greatest impact.

Roxymomma🇨🇦📎
@roxannenugent.bsky.social

Many working Canadians are also suffering from Trump's policies due to his tariffs resulting in lost jobs in the auto, steel and lumber industries and now his illegal war on Iran has raised prices for every day goods and fuel not to mention airline prices increasing.

felbrigge.bsky.social
@felbrigge.bsky.social

I was talking to a Canadian friend and I mentioned that it must be nice to be able to watch the madness from a distance. He replied you have to understand that everything that happens in the US affects Canada directly, so Canadians do not have the luxury of being disinterested observers.

Gwen MacBeth
@gwenmacbeth2.bsky.social

Exactly. And the int'l border offers no protection from the poison of Maga lies & bigotry, which deliberately aim to undermine our democracy. Maple maga has set down roots here. Watching from a distance we are not!

Roxymomma🇨🇦📎
@roxannenugent.bsky.social

Trump is a threat to all citizens of the world and especially to us as we unfortunately share the longest undefended border with a mad man determined to destroy us by any means. Most Canadians take his threats deadly serious.

shazzp.bsky.social
@shazzp.bsky.social

Maybe try a GENERAL STRIKE which WILL affect the despot who caused it! Shut down the country and he can watch his stocks circle the drain!! You have to hit them where it hurts, and that’s the pocketbook!!!

vincelli.bsky.social
@vincelli.bsky.social

Glad I'm doing my part. Canceled my 4 trips to the US and visiting Canada instead. Also have bought nothing that is American owned of manufactured except a head of cauliflower since the asshole was inaugurated. My family and friends are doing their part as well.

Derrick Tully
@canucksocialist.bsky.social

If a nation chooses a leader who foolishly chooses to attack your nation via physical weapons or tariffs, you don't keep giving them your money. If a bully takes your lunch money you get more friends and stop giving them your lunch money. You give money to your friends instead of the bully.

Makeral Rising🇨🇦
@makeralrising.bsky.social

I grew up on the border when “crossing the river” was no barrier to where you might go to eat, shop, whatever. My work took me to 35 states. I’ve worked with thousands of people in the US. I had a work permit for a few years. I will never, ever set foot in the US again.

Aster Vérité
@aster-verite.bsky.social

GFY, I'm an ex-pat american. I haven't had a family obligation to US relatives since 2017. The reality is Canadians are as entitled shitty people as americans are. My sister in law has been to the US 3 times this past year for biker rallies.

coolat49degr33.bsky.social
@coolat49degr33.bsky.social

This is Forbes magazine- there are varying reports. The most accurate report of the boycott results are through credit card receipts, and those are expensive and hard to access. Last I saw the credit card spending was down 50% by Canadians. BC border is down 55% (car trips) since 2024.

ecostarr
@ecostarr.bsky.social

Remember the statistic is just for driving, and doesn't account for Canadien snowbirds that would travel to the US during the winter for months at a time. Tourism dollars in Florida are down 30-40% across the board. Imagine losing that much income. That hurts . . . bad.

Scoutto
@scoutto.bsky.social

My cousins are snowbirds in Casa Grande AZ every winter. They told us that most of the Canadians who also snowbird in their community there are selling and not coming back.

Randall Gates
@rgatess.bsky.social

Fantastic. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 When a deranged President of a foreign nation threatens your country, you don’t want to support that foreign nation in any way, including visiting it!

Gayle
@gskh1237.bsky.social

Stay away from the USA. The violence/ICE/lunatic MAGA/lack of flight safety/trump theft of oil/international terrorism by US military/food prices/political grift/church and school murders. Just go somewhere safe. NOT HERE

Laura Frost
@laurafrost.bsky.social

We don't dislike America or American we do have strong feeling against Trump who wants to annex up economically. This boycott is being done by everyday Canadians. I will continue to do it till his aspirations to acquire our country stop.

Nat, but haunted
@nzorach.bsky.social

I have a number of Canadian friends in Windsor Essex who refuse to visit because they just don't want to even mess with it. I do not blame them one bit-- but it's heartbreaking as someone who used to go over there on a weekly basis

Mary
@glmary.bsky.social

MAGA made it perfectly clear how he feels about Canada and many other allies. He shared his hate and opinions with his basw. Many of them believe his lies and misinformation.

KimT🇨🇦🐶😷
@kimtart.bsky.social

Sadly looks like we’ll never see the GC. Tried about 10 years ago in April but there was a whiteout, highways closed. We watched the IMAX, bought a tshirt and headed back to Phoenix!

Good Trouble
@mikemuld.bsky.social

Two numbers that diappoint me; 1) Only 35% down? I realize some must go for work but this should be 80% not 35% 2) 8 million protesters against tRump (No Kings) ONLY 8 million in a country of 340 million!? Even if I assume a 100 million could be children, that's still only 8 of 240 million! ---

Christie Mellor
@mellortone.bsky.social

Except I miss my sister. She was THINKING of visiting me, then two of her friends heading to Seattle were asked their opinion of “our President” by a US border guard & replied “We’re glad we have Carney.” They were turned away & banned from the US for 4 years. My sister won’t visit until he’s gone.

unclewally3.bsky.social
@unclewally3.bsky.social

Seriously, very seriously, since the Supreme Court gave ICE the green light to stop people based on their appearance/accent, how can America not be considered officially racist, unwelcoming to foreign tourists (including Canadians) and everyone who doesn’t look like a member of the Trump family?

America'sAngerTranslator
@corvidforacause.bsky.social

Additionally, it is not safe here. For anyone. We can claim boycott all we want but the truth is, the world sees what is happening here and choosing to spend their time and money somewhere that ICE won't lock them up for months, or deport them to an entirely different country.

infa2000.bsky.social
@infa2000.bsky.social

When you visit a country where at night you're mistaken as being black by the brown shirt rocket scientists and arrested for that, then shipped off to a concentration camp simply because they're having another duh moment; yep, boycott is easy to do.

Bo
@bofromdk.bsky.social

Who wants to visit USA as long as pedofile fascists are in power. I may visit when it is time to celebrate the death and funeral of the obese monster. But until then I much prefer Canada and other fine democracies.

Macduff3
@macduff3.bsky.social

Proud to participate. They broke their country, they are now breaking the world and there is no going back (apologies to the 1/3 of Americans who voted against this and must live this nightmare every day) Such a beautiful country that has given the world so much, but now in the fascism/ terror game.

Macduff3
@macduff3.bsky.social

Hopefully you will have the opportunity to vote like Hungarians in November and beyond. The world needs that America we know still exists and we are wishing you well in fighting the good fight.

DougBlueWahoo 🦋💙✌️🌈🌊
@dougbluewahoo2.bsky.social

Wouldn’t this be wonderful?! I sat in solitude last night looking at video clips of the celebrations going on in Hungary; w/tears running down my face. It was a miracle! A testament to the power of the People! It gave me hope for America. I’m a believer that true evil can never sustain itself.

🇨🇦
@janciebe.bsky.social

Slight correction. 65% of Canadians who travel to the states are still doing so. That number is significantly less than 65% of the population. Many of those are going for business or family reasons as well. A surprising number of us have family members in the states.

Laura 4 NAFO
@lmnash123.bsky.social

"Visiting Canada by car" covers a wide range of things though. There are Canadians who cross the border very frequently, eg for work or to help family. Things which are not so easy to simply stop.

Robin Stevenson
@robinstevenson.bsky.social

I know many people who have crossed the border very reluctantly- aging parents, kids' weddings, sick friends, business trips etc. So I think the percentage who don't care is probably a lot lower than that...hope so, anyway!

Gertie
@gertiegreen.bsky.social

We drove to Florida to see my mom for Spring Break. In years past we’d see tons of Canadian license plates in the mix. I counted two the entire trip down this year.

robin2800.bsky.social
@robin2800.bsky.social

As a Canadian, I don’t plan to ever go back. I try to book trips that do not have a layover in the US if possible. I cashed in all my American bank accounts as well. I’ve had US citizens threaten me on cruises and in Mexico. The USA does not deserve to have Canadians visit their country in my view.

brickmach.bsky.social
@brickmach.bsky.social

Yup we dont do bullies up here we get rid of them fortunately our elected members know this so its not a tack they take unfortunately in America it seems the norm as shown by the Trump administration

fat-n-old.bsky.social
@fat-n-old.bsky.social

We have flown still, however zero connections in the USA. Yes, it sometimes costs more. Yes, sometimes it's a longer total travel time. Been avoiding the middle east (worked in our favor last month!) avoid the USA, avoid unlit recently Hungary.

Shoulder2wheel
@shoulder2wheel.bsky.social

If you have a neighbor who abuses his wife and kids, threatens neighbors by brandishing a shotgun, and shits on the sidewalk in the middle of the night, it’s not an organized boycott, you just don’t want to go near that house.

Darbyfish
@darbyfish.bsky.social

I can see the US from my front door. We traveled there regularly and loved our trips there. We miss the people and places, but we cannot support a fascist regime. Now, people are refusing to attend conferences there and are asking employers to move trade shows out of the US.

Kent Martens 🇨🇦🔭
@kent-martens.bsky.social

The trend will continue so long as we hear even a whisper of the abusive drum-beating. It will take a long time to erase that memory. We had an American refer to the 51st state when we visited Netherlands last year, a comment smelling like dog shit on my shoe. It’ll take time to wash that off.

FabPaule
@fabpaule.bsky.social

My 90 something Aunt & Uncle who live across the border in the woods - have learned how to shoot & bought shotguns. Their reasoning is if its time to go they’ll gladly take out a few invading Yanks! They were both peaceful medics before retirement! Don’t cross a Canadian!

Hárwudu
@harwudu.bsky.social

Is it really so much a boycott or is it really more about risk aversion. I mean if an ICE agent decides to round you up what protections are in place to ensure you get due process?

A large, easily readable font
@debralary.bsky.social

It’s a bit of both. Folks I know (myself included) who have little to fear from ICE, are choosing not to go on principle. Or they’re trans and don’t want to get caught out and about without a bathroom they can legally enter!

Saerd
@saerd.bsky.social

It started with the 51st state rhetoric combined with the disrespect to our Prime Minister. The ICE stuff came later and solidified our intentions.

SaltyAF
@bluecrat.bsky.social

You guys can do better. 35% isn't bad, but I'd like to see it closer to 100. As an American, I have to buy here. I have to work here to survive. I need people in other countries to boycott the hell out of us.

Joseph Dennis
@jd1515151.bsky.social

Other countries are ditching U.S products -- military weapons and software systems-- because Trump uses those as leverage. Some country ordered and paid for weapons systems--only to have Trump divert the material to the Iran War! They were livid. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

independent.co.ukEuropean governments ditch US tech services over security fearsEuropean governments are moving away from US tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives
Joseph Dennis
@jd1515151.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/jd15...

Joseph Dennis@jd1515151.bsky.social

House of El is an excellent channel on YouTube. Most Americans have no idea that Europe is dumping American products and the FISCAL Calamity hitting the US. I gave up watching evening news. Who gives a shit about some celeb court case? www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMYa...

youtube.comGAME OVER: US Economy Craters, Consumer Sentiment 50-Year Low, Jobs Collapsing, Inflation SpikesYouTube video by House of El