Canadians traveling to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February

[SunSeeker]

Nearly 500,000 fewer travellers crossed the land border from Canada into the U.S. in February compared to the same month last year, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the latest sign that President Donald Trump's taunts and tariffs have shaken bilateral relations.

The number of travellers entering the U.S. in a passenger vehicle — the most common way to make the trip — dropped from 2,696,512 in February 2024 to 2,223,408 last month, reaching levels not seen since cross-border travel normalized in the post-COVID-19 era.

In fact, the number of travellers driving over the U.S. land border is the lowest it's been since April 2022, according to CBP data. The Canadian government didn't lift all travel-related restrictions, like testing and quarantine measures,  until October of that year. The fact that the current flow of travellers is at the same level as when travel was much more arduous is revealing, experts say.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cross-border-trips-decline-235k-february-1.7485695

[RockRaven]

1. Quite sensible of them. Why would anyone wish to hazard coming here on purpose?

[DFW]

2. With well-publicized reports of Canadian civilians being detained for weeks like known terrorists

I'm surprised the number hasn't dropped lower. Maybe it will. Just wait until the first innocent Canadian with a medical condition dies during unjustified treatment by US border authorities. That number will drop by another half million and then some by the time the next month's statistics are complied.

[kkmarie]

3. Wonderful!

Please Canada, I want some more!

Sorry but yes I do. I want everyone who voted for this regime to feel pain. I will feel the pain as everything collapses, a lot of pain. It will be worth it if we can wake up the trump voters or the stay at home voters. I mean we'll need the votes just in case we have midterm elections.

[Skittles]

4. it harms my country but I don't blame them one bit

that's the quandary these fascist assholes President Musk and his lapdog Trump have put us in

[robbob]

5. That's still about 2,000,000 more then I'd like to see

Just sayin’

[IbogaProject]

7. May take awhile for the demand to settle to a low point

The current trips may have already been paid for.

[struggle4progress]

6. "Come on a tourist visa and spend two weeks sleeping on a private prison floor!

Memories that last a lifetime!"

[Sky Jewels]

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