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’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.