Monday, August 11, 2025

Travel and tourism: Girl Guides of Canada give a big thumbs down to Trump policies, cancel trip to United States

 
Graphic:  Girl Guides of Canada
Headline:  CBC, 8/7=8/2025

The Girl Guides is the latest organization in Canada to stop travelling to the U.S. over changes at the border, as some Canadian schools have done the same. Canadians, as individuals, have also boycotted travel to the nation's closest neighbour in response to the administration's volatile tariff policies. 
Stories of U.S. officials searching travellers' smart phones, quizzing Canadians about their allegiance to the U.S., detaining legal residents, including Canadians and deporting alleged criminals to an El Salvadoran prison without due process, resulting in at least one wrongful deportation, have contributed to the boycott. 
Statistics Canada data shows a drop in the number of Canadians heading south this year. Return trips from the U.S. by car and air declined by 33.1 and 22.1 per cent in June compared to the year before, respectively.  [emphasis added]

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