Einige kanadische Snowbirds fliegen aufgrund der Spannungen mit den USA immer noch nach Süden
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/strain-us-canada-snowbirds-going-south-9.7022851
Einige kanadische Snowbirds fliegen aufgrund der Spannungen mit den USA immer noch nach Süden
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/strain-us-canada-snowbirds-going-south-9.7022851
48 Kommentare
Of course they are.
If you’re in your 70s you’re not going waste a year down south just because of Trump
If they enjoy it, let them! If anything bad happens to them they deserve no sympathy!
Stay there.
Who cares, “tensions” is a bit hyperbole. You can cross the border and do a trip in the states and it’d be virtually a no different experience then when Biden was president.
A risk that they are willing to take….not me
I.e. rich white people
Who aren’t bothered by the problems of others
Won’t be alive long enough to hsve to deal with the consequences of trumps America on canadains..nor have they ever cared as long as they get theirs
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We did a U.S. trip a month ago. It was not a big deal at all, and very overhyped. No additional questions or photos than in years past. Didn’t get searched or fingerprinted. The agent was friendly, as were the Americans during our trip who knew we were Canadian. (If anything, the Canadian border agent was far more aggressive upon our returning into Canada). But the process was completely normal and there were no tensions if you don’t want there to be. Live your life, talk to people irl, and form an opinion based on first hand experience not the government or media.
As expected, this post is already full of unhinged comments.
Well, my parents and the couple they always went to Florida for the winter with have vetoed the US – there are quite a few Canadians who are still doing boycotts.
I got mine so fuck you attitude. They don’t give a damn about all the jobs lost and the many more at risk. They’re retired so fuck the people still working and the ones going into the workforce. Some will forgive themselves by saying things will go back to normal and those jobs will return in a couple of years. They don’t understand that new supply chains will be setup and it will be difficult to ever get investors to trust it won’t happen again.
The generation of lead paint and lead in gasoline has trouble empathizing with others? You don’t say…
In Yuma, Arizona now and my cousin confirms the number of winter residents from Canada has dropped quite a bit. Source – owns a popular restaurant and RV park.
Boomers gonna boom.
Can’t stand Canadian winters but can’t live without socialized healthcare. What’s more Canadian than that?/s
Who cares. Are you the vacation police?
Listen, most people who are still doing the snowbird thing are white boomers in their 60s. They probably don’t give a crap about Trump, or might even support him a bit.
Who cares
I have a disability, use a wheelchair, and will be venturing down south yet again for warmth. Sorry, but not that not sorry.
No shit. The people heading down probably have a lot invested there, and will certainly make use of it.
Most of these snowbirds own homes or condos in Florida. They’re just supposed to leave them vacant? Or try to rent them out while still living in Canada? That’s a disaster waiting to happen.
The snowbirds who rent for a few months are staying home. The owners are still going.
I think a lot more people do whatever they want and don’t live their lives the way cbc or global news would prefer them to.
I get the people who own property who are still going. If you own it why would you just let it sit empty? My mom used to go stay a couple months with snow bird friends who owned a condo in Phoenix. Her friend’s health declined a couple years ago and they were selling. My mom was going to buy it but after Trump got in again and everything started happening my mom decided her money is better spent elsewhere.
The funniest part is that some floridians probably voted red to get rid of snowbirds and they don’t even get that 😂
My parents justified their visit by renting a condo owned by a Canadian. Like their travel and incidental spending, shopping and golfing didn’t contribute to the us economy.
we all knew all that elbows up shit would end the second it started snowing
Can I just say, I don’t think snowbirds should be allowed to collect OAS. Giving people free money (not indexed by income BTW) and letting people go down south to spend it. Brutal
Gotta check up on their house in Palm springs
We should have a special tax on snowbirds and limit the amount of time out of country and still claim benefits. All the money they spend in the US supports the US economy and takes away from the Canadian economy.
Traitors every single one of them
Some of them are in their final years and live by the „I’ve got mine“ philosophy. They don’t care because it doesn’t affect them in 5 years.
Ugh. So embarrassing for us.
The retirees are ok with the US fucking over Canada because it doesn’t affect them. So what if the economy is tanking, I want to play pickleball with my American friends and support businesses down there.
Ugh
Always going to be a few. Fuck aboot find oot, when Ice comes around maybe they’ll change their mind
>Amid a tariff war and **perceived** threats of annexation
I see we’re subtly shifting the language to be a bit more honest.
Traitorous dogs
Mexico is so much better. The beaches, the food and the delightful educated people. They actually know there is a whole world that they will probably never see but they know history geography etc
Of course. Rhey are only concerned with themselves anyway.
You really think older Canadians who have a place south care about 4 years of politics enough to sell? Most don’t.
Meh. My cousins still do. Too much invested.
Good luck in the gulags
Some people are just self-serving no nothing a loyalty
That’s unfortunate I think…unless of course they have family. Otherwise, there are other places to go…
Everyone’s still heading to Florida, despite what the cbc tells you!
I went to Guam, and American Samoa, they can’t vote in US elections
I mean, people aren’t just going to abandon the homes, condos, campsites etc they own all or part of. I talked to friends going to Arizona soon and they said they’re reluctantly still going, but if anyone wants to buy their piece of the timeshare from them it’s theirs.
It’s ok. 100% boycott is not possible because of practical limitations. Let’s just reduce it as much as possible.
Let me guess. They are finding really good deals because the rest of us are boycotting. Complete assholes.