Current Events > Canada's 'boycott America' movement is hurting innocent bystanders

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Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his companys American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

But then demand crashed as the centuries-long friendship between the United States and Canada broke down amid bruised feelings over tariffs and President Donald Trumps threat to make Canada the 51st US state.

We were looking to triple the business. Instead, it collapsed to zero, Moore told CNN in a phone interview. It was almost like suddenly the whisky didnt taste good because of where its from.

Canadian officials went so far as to ban American spirits from their store shelves, a prohibition that still exists in many provinces today.

Virginia Distillery is hardly the only American business caught in the middle of the rocky US-Canada relationship.

This was all about some ugliness that were not part of, Moore said. Were not in politics. Were just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, were the victims.
Canadian visitors vanish

Its not just that Canadians are refusing or unable to drink American booze due to bans. Its also that many are deciding not to visit the United States, dealing a blow to countless resorts and travel businesses that once relied on a steady stream of Canadian visitors.
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People started feeling like its risky to cross the border, Collins said.

Geoff Freeman, president and CEO of the US Travel Association, told CNN that some foreign visitors from Canada and other countries fear they will be detained or have their devices searched when going through customs.

The perception is that travelers arent as welcome as they once were, Freeman said. The most important thing the administration can do is send a message to travelers around the world that the US is open to business to legal travelers.
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Jeff Quint, founder and CEO Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher, Iowa, was forced to abandon the European market during the first Trump administration due to trade tensions and retaliatory tariffs imposed on American spirits.

Cedar Ridge Distillery refocused instead on Canada, shipping aggressively into Ontario and other provinces. That shift paid off until this year when some Canadian provinces banned American spirits.

You hate to invest in a market for two to three years and then have to bail out of it, Quint told CNN.

The most important thing the administration can do is send a message to travelers around the world that the US is open to business to legal travelers.

This was all about some ugliness that were not part of, Moore said. Were not in politics. Were just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, were the victims.

Who could have forseen that electing the "1000% tariffs on everyone, fuck the world and Canada in particular, who needs 'em?" candidate President would have real world consequences?

Who could have forseen that electing the "1000% tariffs on everyone, fuck the world and Canada in particular, who needs 'em?" candidate President would have real world consequences?

Who could have forseen that electing the "1000% tariffs on everyone, fuck the world and Canada in particular, who needs 'em?" candidate President would have real world consequences?

Those markets are never coming back. Decades to cultivate and gone for good. This regime came to loot the country to the studs and give anything of value to anyone paying a bribe. Their backers get the removal of all consumer, employee, and environmental protections. And they are just getting started.

I feel bad contingent on their 2024 vote.

Sorry buddy, but the people voted in the "If it ain't white it ain't right" candidate because they want do deport every type of immigrant imaginable. Not saying it's the right thing, just saying that's where we are.

You voted for a man who never hid the fact that protectionism and isolationism were key parts of his economic platform.

If you didn't know what that meant and how it would affect you, you deserve to lose your businesses.

I play in a pool league and the team captain, months ago, was like 'we're gonna road trip to Vegas together' (we're all Canadians) and i said fuck that. He like why? I said i refuse to step foot in that country. He said what if it was free? And i said, still no.

No offense non-MAGA American friends.

I play in a pool league and the team captain, months ago, was like 'we're gonna road trip to Vegas together' (we're all Canadians) and i said fuck that. He like why? I said i refuse to step foot in that country. He said what if it was free? And i said, still no.

No offense non-MAGA American friends.

Were not in politics.

Average people just don't get that they are a big part of politics.

One of the biggest reasons the right wing succeed here is because they managed to make discussing politics an issue that shouldn't be touched on with Americans where as in other countries I'm sure it's not such a taboo subject

Remember the whole "I hate media that pushes its politics!" thing.... which meant a gay dude turned up

As a Canadian, I wanna tell =those= Americans (the bad ones who worship Agent Orange) that their actions are hurting a lot of innocent bystanders too.

If they're aware, they either wont care, or will wholeheartedly support it.

This was all about some ugliness that were not part of, Moore said. Were not in politics. Were just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, were the victims.

The perception is that travelers arent as welcome as they once were, Freeman said. The most important thing the administration can do is send a message to travelers around the world that the US is open to business to legal travelers.

Sorry buddy, but the people voted in the "If it ain't white it ain't right" candidate because they want do deport every type of immigrant imaginable. Not saying it's the right thing, just saying that's where we are.

This was all about some ugliness that were not part of, Moore said. Were not in politics. Were just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, were the victims.

The Trump administration, particularly in the last 9 months, has done literally *decades* of damage to our soft power. His s***ty administration has almost single-handedly ruined the appeal and draw of our country's culture, education, trade, and research apparatuses. It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do. And of course, who benefits? China. China benefits the most. Every single time Donald Trump does *anything*, Xi Jinping is out there laughing his ass off. No amount of espionage or subterfuge could do anywhere *near* the damage that the Mango Mussolini has done to the United States.

You are forgetting about one other country that benefits even more from the USA is losing it's power...

Russia.

But this is Trump's "golden age".

Apparently that means him and his buddies making billions from grifting while everyone else makes less or goes completely bankrupt. I have no sympathy for those who voted maga and got screwed, but others definitely are victims.

americans saying shit like this after voting for Trump and still supporting him