[jasoneckert]

From my experience as a Canadian who has travelled to both the US and within Canada recently, I find that two of the bold statements made in this article are simply not true:

#1 "Many Reddit users in Canada have been claiming they can no longer afford domestic travel. This has created a paradoxical situation in which flying to Europe can be cheaper than traveling to a different Canadian province." Flights in Canada this year are a bit cheaper than I've seen them in a while. I actually scored a last-minute flight to Calgary from Toronto for $94 in August (return trip was double - also a last minute deal). Gas is cheaper as well (for road trips!).

#2 "Still, the more detailed border controls are only one of the ways Canadians are also experiencing the consequences of the travel boycott." I have yet to experience a delay at the border that is much longer than what I would have expected on average over the last 2 decades.

That said, my desire to travel to the US for pleasure has definitely nosedived this year given the political climate and statements made by the current US administration. And I'm not alone - most Canadians feel as if they are not welcome in the US from this messaging. In other words, you won't find MAGA merch in Canada... but you will find MAGBA (Make America Great Britain Again) merch, because we haven't lost our sense of humour!

[red-iron-pine]

Am in Canada, and this has been my experience as well.

Flights are cheap, and I have friends and fam near the border, so it's cheaper to fly to Abbotsford or GTA and then drive across / get picked up.

Everyone has Nexus, and the wait or scrutiny has not changed meaningfully in the last few months.

The US is turning into a police state and I'm terrified by how painfully lazy the average American is about this, and my desire to travel south is drying up rapidly for those reasons. But so far travel inside of Canada or across the border has been reasonably smooth.

[throwinggggggg]

I feel like Mexico is a more cohesive (and united) collection of states in America - perhaps it should be MUSAM (Make United States ALL Mexican).

[mcphage]

Will there be taco trucks on every corner? We had been promised that if Hillary won, and I am still disappointed we missed out.

[antonvs]

> but you will find MAGBA (Make America Great Britain Again) merch, because we haven't lost our sense of humour!

See, this is the problem. Canada still has a king, unlike the US which foolishly rebelled against a predecessor of that same king! FAFO, as they say.