A new Leger poll released on Thursday shows Canadian travel to the U.S., including cities such as New York, is down considerably.Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

For years, the plan was New York. A long weekend, an old friend, her milestone birthday. But in this tumultuous spring of 2025, New York was not an option.

We swapped out Broadway for an Ontario road trip to Prince Edward County; the only Big Apple these Canadians were going to get anywhere near was Colborne’s roadside attraction along the 401.

A version of this is being repeated across the country in this annus horribilis for Canadian-U.S. relations, with more tales of travel switch-outs emerging as the summer season begins. Our elbows might be getting a bit sore by now, but our patriotism game is strong.

Canadians did not have a say in the U.S. election that has played havoc with the economy and brought threats to our sovereignty. Nor do we have a voice in the undemocratic horror show we are witnessing: immigration roundups,

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