Appeals from American tourism organizations seemed to be everywhere Josh Loewen looked over the last year. Billboards and banners proclaimed a state or city’s love for Canada. Online and social media ads offered special deals for travelers from north of the border.
As a Vancouver resident and marketing executive himself, Loewen said he understands the conciliatory overtures. The number of Canadians traveling to the United States plunged after President Donald Trump returned to office with remarks about making Canada the 51st state. An acrimonious trade war between the two countries now is threatening to reinforce the informal boycott just as it appeared to be easing slightly.
“It’s such a big ask right now,” Loewen, 45, said of the U.S. tourism industry’s attempts to woo Canadians like him back before a new president occupies the White House. “It’s just a wasted effort.”
It’s not just platitudes, it’s genuinely how I feel. If you think losing Canadian tourism will be the deciding factor that makes Americans wake up and vote Republicans out, I respectfully think that’s pretty naive. If the Epstein files, war in Iran, and complicity in Israeli genocide aren’t enough, then nothing is.
I 100% agree with you. Absolutely, I had plans to visit the states before 2020, they are canceled indefinitely.
It’ll happen once we start starving.
Right now people still have a lot left to lose, so understandably they’re not rocking the boat. It’s not uncommon for fascist takeovers to not have major pushback until the people have no choice left.
But…
Progressives have been pushing out neolib incumbents, so the people are actually working on changing things. Hell, a Democrat actually has a chance to win the election for Senator. His signs are all over my rural part of Texas.
People are waking up, just not as quickly as we’d all like. You have to remember that they’ve been working towards this outcome for generations.
honestly i feel the same way as you, but if they feel the situation is hopeless then they’ll just double down and become worse. i don’t believe the usa can be redeemed in its current form as they elected their monster twice. this means it wasn’t a mistake. i am advocating that we deceive them.