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According to a @newyorktimes report, there's not really much evidence of the reported decline in international visitors to the U.S. due to the Trump administration — visits from some places including the Republic of Ireland and Argentina have even gone up. But there's one exception: Canada, where tariffs and threats to the country's sovereignty have upturned everything from shopping habits to politics and, of course, travel plans. Ticket sales for summer travel are down 21 percent on last year; car crossings at the land border dropped more than 40% in April 2025 vs. the same period in 2024. If you're Canadian, or if you're from elsewhere but would like to come and spend your money up north, @cbcnews's The Current has compiled this list of destinations, from Tofino, B.C., to Basin Head Provincial Park, P.E.I. Find that NYT story at the second link.
flip.itThe top 10 vacation spots in Canada — voted by you!Where's the best place to visit in Canada? For weeks, listeners have been voting for the vacation spots they love across this big, beautiful country, to build The Current's travel bucket list. Did your favourite place make the list?
Till after the invasion.
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A thank-you letter from #Ukraine to #Canada. 
Now if we could just inspire Americans to #impeach their #fascist #government, we will have won the trifecta. #never51 #elbowsup #admareadusquemare
https://viktorkravchuk.substack.com/p/the-nation-that-trump-could-never
War, Love, and Survival in Ukraine 🇺🇦 · The Nation That Trump Could Never Break
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@GottaLaff @Snowshadow Alberta, what is wrong? Do you really want to become American and live under trumpian fascism? Wake up before it’s too late. #ABDanielleSmithIsDangerouslyUnfitToLead. And is dragging you down a rabbit hole from which you won’t emerge unscathed. #ElbowsUp. https://youtu.be/PAhBeFTrGao
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Worker co-ops are a critical element in ending vulture, late stage capitalism!
vancouversunOpinion: Want a more resilient Canadian economy? Double down on democratic employee ownershipWith the U.S. government’s escalating trade war, we need to rethink and prepare to reorient Canada’s economy
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@MalcolmNance The removal of ALL #Kentucky bourbon and #Tennessee whiskey from the shelves of ALL Liquor Control Board of Ontario stores has bourbon exporters in Kentucky crying in their beer chasers. They are also big #GOP donors and have certainly called #RandPaul ‘onto the carpet’ over the #tariffs - aka #TrumpTaxes.
Note: LCBO stores are the only places you can buy wine and whiskey in #Ontario. It is the single largest purchaser of wine and whiskey in the WORLD.
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@JohnBarentine #BeLikeCanada 
send the anti-#science #BananaRepublicans and #MAGA cult members to the dustbin of #history !
#ElbowsUp #Resist #StandUpForScience
#USpol #CdnPoli
By Theo Moudakis, editorial cartoonist
Courier delivers a large 'Thank You' flower arrangement...
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Like an empty pissbucket waiting to be filled, Keir Starmer sits in his chair at No 10, watching the Canadian Liberals come back from the dead to win the election on a platform of resistance to Trump.
But will he do any of that? Or will he just sit there, as the pissbucket, waiting to be told what to do?
#Ukpol #ukpolitics #Starmer #Uspol #Trump #CDNPoli CanPol #ElbowsUp
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Let's also have a constitution update, returning "socialism" and making #proportionalrepresentation the #1 item in supporting Carney?
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NOT going to miss Randal Garrison and his zionism!
I suppose losing party status means big staff layoffs and whoever wins the leadership will be able to hire a senior leadership to steward a new NDP, or re-hash centre/centre-right vibes. Hopefully that right wing of the party just leaves and joins Carney, for good.
Canadian friends,
We avoided the worse,
and this is fantastic,
but let's not get complacent.
The Conservatives have gained
lots of votes, despite being horrible demagogues, and the disinformation machine and foreign interference are running full speed here too.
We've got less than 4 years to
fight against fascist propaganda and electoral manipulation.
Let's get to it now! 
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@rorystarr @tezoatlipoca @fairvote.ca
Lol, concentration of votes matters, for sure.
Federalist parties in Canada, however, are also opposed to proportional representation because not only did the Bloc gain more seats than its votes under #fptp, under a #PR system, they would likely get even more seats, as people would be less reluctant to vote Bloc, this increasing the risk of another independence referendum.
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In 2021 they benefited from #fptp, but less than the Liberals and Cons.
In 2025, they got almost exactly 6.3% of seats for that number of votes, so no gain there, but with a few thousand fewer votes than the NDP, they got 22 seats and the NDP only got 7. 
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Read this excellent 18 part thread of just what the fuck happened Monday night.
6 of the last 8 federal elections in Canada were minority governments. #fptp is now just banana republic fuckery.
The 3 circles here, from 2021, will be even more vile for 2025.
Annnnnnny NDP MP who supports Carney must demand a #proportionalrepresentation bill to be passed by the end of 2025.
en.m.wikipedia.org2021 Canadian federal election - Wikipedia