Our family has not changed any travel habits to the USA and will continue to enjoy visiting the friendly Michigan area. The people in power at the top are the ones who need to get their act together to end this nonsense which just hurts all the citizens of both countries.
Keep in mind that this hateful attitude will also discourage American visitors here where they greatly support the tourism industry. I will continue to go across the border and will not fall for all this temporary chaos caused in part by our politicians and in part by the media hype. Don't burn your bridges. Study up a bit on tariff history to get the bigger picture.
Hit back at what??? Completely bamboozled! The tariffs are off the table until April at which time the USA administration stated that it will be Reciprocal Tariffs - in other words, whatever Canada charges USA in tariffs, the USA will charge Canada the exact same back! That's what reciprocal means! Why is everyone jumping on this bandwagon of nothing - lots of noise!
You say "it's hard that one person has caused all this division", but it's the politicians and media who gave hyped this to the extreme. The Canadian government is the one retaliating. In April, the American government stated they will do reciprocal trade. Whatever Canada imposes, they will impose. This Canadian retaliation is causing a lot of headaches for something that everyone thinks might happen, but might not happen. Why does everyone fall for this hype?
Why is everyone so annoyed that Trump is doing what he was voted in as president to do? Republicans have a majority in house and senate because the people were fed up with weak leadership. Trump has the best interests of the Americans as his agenda. He is doing exactly as he promised for his people and at breakneck speed, not pokey like many political leaders. Why is everyone so annoyed that he is doing what he was mandated to do in the USA. It sure would be good if Canada had a strong leader that had the best interests of Canadians at heart, but right now, we are "leaderless".
To be a felon, you have to be convicted and sentenced - all charges were dropped on these bogus charges. It was all a big political game which plays out when one side targets the other.
The USA president is looking out for Americans and that's why he was voted in. Canada should have a leader to look out for Canada. By the way, you are not a felon unless you are convicted and it was all thrown out if you follow the actual facts. Many people have fallen for this baloney on the "hateful train". You should question what you hear more. ICE is going after illegal criminals to deport. People should question more and use critical thinking skills when you hear this from any news outlets. Most are biased to the left.
Tariff talk on shopping is nonsense talk. We go over all the time and have yet to be charged coming back. Border on both sides are good, just ask how long we were there, what did we spend and they scan passports, that's it.
It's all hyped up nonsense talk so everyone hops on the same gullible bandwagon. Where are all the critical thinkers? You need to dig deep into these stories to find out the truth.
I'm over 60 and there is no way that very many my age think well of he Liberal government. They will tax us to death and run a huge deficit. Your assumption of the boomer crowd is incorrect.
CNN does not get many viewers. I think it was 166,000 two weeks ago. Better off talking to Bill Maher or FOX news as you can reach 10 times more audience and reach the audience you want to convince.
Any recession would be the result of retaliatory tariffs by the current Liberal Federal Government. The Liberals will keep up with the retaliatory tariffs instead of negotiating. Trump is looking out for America like he was elected by a majority to do. We don't have a strong leader. If the Liberals have their way, they will retaliate us into a huge recession. They should be looking for solutions in the best interests of Canadians but they are determined to blindly hit back at the USA, which will only hurt Canadians and jobs. USA is the most powerful country in the world, so sit down and negotiate as all other countries have done. They are all working out deals, except Canada and China. The only ones retaliating are Canada and China. That says they are not considering the long-term effects.
Not true! Border Security is not collecting tariffs. They are not mandated to collect tariffs. You are falling for someone telling you nonsense. We have been over there just the same as before, a few times per month. Nobody has charged us anything on the amount you are saying. The border security both ways has been very good and is looking for smugglers and securing the border both ways and that's what they are focused on. I'm happy they are securing the borders.
Tariffs have been going on back and forth forever. Find alternative markets which should have been done long ago. Remove inter-provincial trade barriers. Where is the Federal government these days?
Why, constantly, is Trump in the headlines? Is it to get people to read the article? It's about time the Canadian government has started to stand up for Canadian interests the way Trump is standing up for American interests. Canada has to lower it's reliance on the USA.