Mad as hell Canadians cancel US travel en masse as trade war escalates

The next front in Canada’s trade war against the US is being waged in airports, gas stations and gift shops, as Canadians cancel their American vacations en masse, The Post has learned.Both air and land travel have been impacted, as the US northern neighbors protest the impact of tariffs on their country’s economy — an offensive that could cost the American economy $2.1 billion and 14,000 jobs, the US Travel Association has estimated.Carlo Tarini from Montreal traded his family’s April vacation to New York City for the Bahamas instead.“We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore,” Tarini told The Post, adding that the US is wiped off the map for the next four years as far as his family’s travels are concerned.For Tarini, what did it was US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, and the impact it’s already had on the country’s economy – the Canadian dollar tumbled to a two-decade low after the announcement, before going back up only slightly at the news of a 30-day reprieve.“He’s threatening our economy,” said Tarini.

“It’s a family decision and we’re sticking with it.”Quebec’s Minister of Education has even urged 10th graders — who plan annual sojourns from Montreal to the Big Apple — to rethink their plans.“We are all on the front lines,” Bernard Drainville said earlier this month at Quebec’s National Assembly.Schools in Quebec – and also in Manitoba – have since traded in trips to the Empire State for the city of Toronto.In a letter to parents, Nancy Paquet, general secretary of the Monts-et-Marées school service center, cited “decisions by the US government which could have a significant impact on the parents’ employment,” as the reason, referring to jobs that would be lost if the tariffs get the go-ahead.For others, it’s the sheer insult of the jokes around Canada being the 51st American state.“With each passing day of more annexation threats, ou...