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. Article content

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).

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    3 days ago

    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.

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      I went for a job interview in '99. I had my pick of 4 jobs after two days of interview at the company. I declined them all.

      That was the last time I set foot on US soil as well and when I began my “let’s not buy American things as much as possible, OK?” phase.

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      2 days ago

      Was this around the time americans thought it was cool to shoot people for their shoes ? What a shithole.

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        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.