But pollster Jack Jedwab now sees Canadian anger being focused primarily on the American government, and less so the American people.
More than half of Canadians now say they “no longer feel welcome in the United States,” for example, and this sentiment is strongest among women and older people.
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During the recent Canadian election campaign with its looming threat of crippling tariffs and annexation, there was a “worrisome intersection” in the Canadian mind of the American government and the American people, according to Jack Jedwab, president of the Montreal-based Association for Canadian Studies (ACS).
Plus there are a number of smaller local independent news organizations. (some listed here:https://independentnews.ca/ - note the list includes some orgs with extreme editorial positions)
And a few larger ones, such as the Winnipeg Free Press, which is the largest and oldest currently operating newspaper in Manitoba.
The amount my feet will ever touch American soil again is zero.
On this amazing planet there are a million more places I’d rather be a part of, see, and not worry if I’m going to get sent to a U.S. concentration camp because I don’t like couch fucking Vance.
In Canada we share a border with France. Did you know? We can visit Europe without ever leaving North America. St. Pierre.
Is there a Danish side? I thought the last round of exchanges ended with Canada putting a bottle of whiskey on that side, thus claiming it as Canada's! 🤣
Last time I went to states was the 80’s. Did not feel comfortable going there after that. I will never set foot in the us ever again. It is a fascist dictatorship.
Mom had a place in Florida at the time. Spent a lot of time there. People just started getting weirder and kind of scary.
Plus all the major highways started getting couches and other stuff thrown on them. Too unsafe.
My mother and stepfather were seriously considering turning into snowbirds and wintering in Florida.
Not anymore. They were about half-way through the process of setting up their winter Florida home and just dropped it. They were polite about it in the letter, but made it perfectly clear: they'd rather snowbird in Cuba than in the USA. At least there the Cubans like Canadians and have an actual health care system.
I went on an MSC cruise a few months back to the bahamas and that was a legitimate issue we ran into.
The cruise was almost entirely Canadians, So you could totally tell that they were trying to actively avoid us and a few even were worried about sitting at the same table as us during lunch settings.
All of the family that did end up sitting with us was super kind. However, it was clear that they were creeped out for the first five or six minutes until they realized that we weren't going to bite or at them.
lol @ the maga hat, Like I would ever be caught with that(well technically I wouldn't be caught endorsing either sides tbh, they both suck currently).
As an actual answer though, it doesn't take much to differentiate someone from the US, especially Maine from someone from Canada. Attire generally gives it away but, if attire doesn't give it away, accent definitely will. and if somehow neither of those give it away, the first few questions at a table are generally a courteous "so where you guys from and whats your name". Which unless you lie, would also give it away.