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[–] 39 points 1 year ago (8 children)

This is so heartbreaking. I live on the border, frequently visit Ontario and Quebec, even honeymooned in the Maritimes. It's hard to imagine that I may never be able to do that ever again, but here we are.

I recall how bad I felt waking up in November 2024 knowing that awful things were going to happen, but alienating our closest ally was not one of them. Stay safe, Canada, I hope to see you again some time.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    Canadian here close to the border. I used to visit your country somewhat regularly, but I don’t think I’ll ever go down south again. My wife has some extended family in the states and they’ll never visit up here so I guess we just aren’t seeing them ever again. It’s unfortunate but that’s what video calls are for I guess.

    As a Canadian, I say come visit still. We’d love to have you as long as you’re respectful and don’t bring pro-Trump speech with you (and given you’re on Lemmy I’m sure you’re the kind of person we’d welcome with open arms up here).

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    No one is against Americans vacationing in Canada. Many of us chose not to go down because of this stupid economic warfare the administration started. But that’s just business, as they say. It’s about asserting economic independence. Come visit. No worries, buddy.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's really sad.

    As a country we decided to get back with our psychopathic abusive ex. And now that psychopathic ex is doing the absolutely typical thing for an abuser: isolating us so we have no choice but to stay with them.

    So it's sad that Canada is totally justified in feeling that way, but it's double frustrating that it also plays exactly into what Trump wants.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    First of all, thank you to all the kind replies from Canadians to this. It's one of the reasons I love Canada so much. It's not going to Canada that I worry about, it's going back into the US that gives me pause. You just never know what the border policy might be on any given day.

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