Tariffs Catch-All

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onemileatatime.com

Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+

Future flight bookings between Canada and the United States are down by over 70% year-over-year in the summer months. WOW.
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Aviation analytics company OAG has published some data on the decline in flight bookings between the countries, and it’s worse than most people probably imagined. Specifically, the company compared summer season bookings in March 2024 vs. March 2025. In other words, at this point in both years, how many people have booked transborder flights in April through September?

Well, I hope you’re sitting down. For that six month period, the number of tickets booked is down anywhere from 71.4% to 75.7%. Just as an example, April is less than a week away, and here’s how bookings between the two countries are looking:

  • In March 2024, 1,218,570 tickets had been booked for April 2024
  • In March 2025, 295,982 tickets have been booked for April 2025
  • That represents a 75.7% reduction in tickets booked
I knew it was bad, but I didn’t expect it would be that bad, as that level of demand shift is something you almost never see.

Everyone can draw their own conclusions as to what’s causing this. It’s also anyone’s guess if we’re at rock bottom in terms of consumer sentiment, and if we’ll see more close-in bookings than in past years. But either way, April is right around the corner, and those drops are massive.
 
globalnews.ca

Maine hotel owners speak out amid flurry of cancellations from Canadians | Globalnews.ca

With escalating U.S. trade tensions and President Trump's antagonistic rhetoric towards Canada, cancellations from Canadians have started adding up and hurting local businesses.
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On March 4, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau’s impassioned speech called on Canadians to renew their patriotism and support local. “[We’re] angry. We’re going to choose to not go on vacation in Florida or Old Orchard Beach,” he said at a press conference in response to Trump’s tariffs.
“A small part of me died when I heard that,” Morse said about the moment Trudeau mentioned his home by name.

“It was pretty bleak,” he told Global News in an interview on Tuesday. He said over 90 per cent of his bookings for the summer season began getting paused or cancelled entirely.

For decades, the vast majority of his customers have been Quebecers.

Mike Halle, who runs the Paradise Park Resort, says, “We’re up to over 100 cancellations, which is up significantly, 250 per cent or so from what would be normal this time of year.”

Halle is also the president of the town’s Chamber of Commerce. He says Canadians make up 30 to 40 per cent of revenue for their average seasonal business.

“There will be an impact,” he said.

“We all just wish this would go away,” owner of On The Beach Hotel, JJ Mokarzel, told Global. “It’s sad when the people at the top affect the people at the bottom, because we really are powerless.”
 
altmin said:
globalnews.ca

Maine hotel owners speak out amid flurry of cancellations from Canadians | Globalnews.ca

With escalating U.S. trade tensions and President Trump's antagonistic rhetoric towards Canada, cancellations from Canadians have started adding up and hurting local businesses.
globalnews.ca globalnews.ca
On March 4, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau’s impassioned speech called on Canadians to renew their patriotism and support local. “[We’re] angry. We’re going to choose to not go on vacation in Florida or Old Orchard Beach,” he said at a press conference in response to Trump’s tariffs.
“A small part of me died when I heard that,” Morse said about the moment Trudeau mentioned his home by name.

“It was pretty bleak,” he told Global News in an interview on Tuesday. He said over 90 per cent of his bookings for the summer season began getting paused or cancelled entirely.

For decades, the vast majority of his customers have been Quebecers.

Mike Halle, who runs the Paradise Park Resort, says, “We’re up to over 100 cancellations, which is up significantly, 250 per cent or so from what would be normal this time of year.”

Halle is also the president of the town’s Chamber of Commerce. He says Canadians make up 30 to 40 per cent of revenue for their average seasonal business.

“There will be an impact,” he said.

“We all just wish this would go away,” owner of On The Beach Hotel, JJ Mokarzel, told Global. “It’s sad when the people at the top affect the people at the bottom, because we really are powerless.”
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Trump administration is bad for business.
Bad for your health.
Bad for your savings.
Bad for your retirement.
Bad for government services.
Bad for national security.
Bad for our allies.

Thanks to all who voted for Trump or third party. You own this shit.
 
Canadian anti-tariff billboards are popping up in Florida and across the U.S.

Crew members with Gulf Coast News have spotted billboards opposing tariffs along Colonial Blvd near I-75 in Fort Myers.


"It bothers me when foreign countries come in and start trying to control our politics. It's none of their business," said Fort Myers resident Ted Nusbaum.

You might have seen a controversial message appear on one of these billboards.

The escalating tensions between the U.S. and Canada over tariffs set by President Trump have recently grabbed people's attention.

"I feel that everybody has an opinion," said Ted Nusbaum.

Along major roads here in Florida and across the country, the billboards read...

"Tariffs are a tax on your grocery bills" or "Tariffs are a tax on your grocery bills."

The Canadian Foreign Minister, in an interview with CNN, said they're rolling out these messages on digital billboards across 12 states... Including Florida.
 
ottawacitizen.com

Ottawa travel company hasn’t sold a single U.S. trip since Trump tariffs

Fortunately, high demand for European and Canadian destinations has Travac Tours optimistic
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Travac Tours hasn’t sold a single seat for any of its U.S. bus tours since Donald Trump announced the imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods.

New York City tours are one of the agency’s most popular American destinations, says Cindy Tobin, the manager of the Ottawa tour operator, but interest has flatlined since the U.S. president’s Feb. 1 executive order. This week, she cancelled two of the 12 buses Travac planned to send to New York this year, and she expects to cancel all the rest if the trend continues.

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“No one’s calling to book, so we don’t foresee that any trips to the U.S. we’ve planned to date will go ahead,” she said.

U.S. tours that were already booked for March went ahead, Tobin said, but the company isn’t even planning any tours for the country anymore. Roughly 30 U.S. trips it had already planned are likely to be shelved.

“By the response from our clients, we’re thinking that there won’t be any U.S. tours in the foreseeable future.”
 
altmin said:
globalnews.ca

Maine hotel owners speak out amid flurry of cancellations from Canadians | Globalnews.ca

With escalating U.S. trade tensions and President Trump's antagonistic rhetoric towards Canada, cancellations from Canadians have started adding up and hurting local businesses.
globalnews.ca globalnews.ca
On March 4, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau’s impassioned speech called on Canadians to renew their patriotism and support local. “[We’re] angry. We’re going to choose to not go on vacation in Florida or Old Orchard Beach,” he said at a press conference in response to Trump’s tariffs.
“A small part of me died when I heard that,” Morse said about the moment Trudeau mentioned his home by name.

“It was pretty bleak,” he told Global News in an interview on Tuesday. He said over 90 per cent of his bookings for the summer season began getting paused or cancelled entirely.

For decades, the vast majority of his customers have been Quebecers.

Mike Halle, who runs the Paradise Park Resort, says, “We’re up to over 100 cancellations, which is up significantly, 250 per cent or so from what would be normal this time of year.”

Halle is also the president of the town’s Chamber of Commerce. He says Canadians make up 30 to 40 per cent of revenue for their average seasonal business.

“There will be an impact,” he said.

“We all just wish this would go away,” owner of On The Beach Hotel, JJ Mokarzel, told Global. “It’s sad when the people at the top affect the people at the bottom, because we really are powerless.”
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I wonder how many of these people voted for Trump. If they didn't then I do feel sorry for them, but if they did my sympathy level drops to close to zero. Anybody who voted for Trump and is losing their job (especially if they work for the federal government) or getting hurt in some way simply brought this on themselves, plain and simple.
 
nycfan said:
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Unfortunately for them tariffs aren't going to bring those jobs back, certainly not in any unionized form, and they likely are neglecting the role that automation has played in cutting the numbers of jobs in the automotive business. Having said that, this will no doubt be very popular with the working-class whites who make up Trump's base. Passing NAFTA still sticks in the craw of many of them (I know, I've heard it often over the years) and they all seem to blame Bill Clinton for it.
 
altmin said:
onemileatatime.com

Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+

Future flight bookings between Canada and the United States are down by over 70% year-over-year in the summer months. WOW.
onemileatatime.com onemileatatime.com

Aviation analytics company OAG has published some data on the decline in flight bookings between the countries, and it’s worse than most people probably imagined. Specifically, the company compared summer season bookings in March 2024 vs. March 2025. In other words, at this point in both years, how many people have booked transborder flights in April through September?

Well, I hope you’re sitting down. For that six month period, the number of tickets booked is down anywhere from 71.4% to 75.7%. Just as an example, April is less than a week away, and here’s how bookings between the two countries are looking:

  • In March 2024, 1,218,570 tickets had been booked for April 2024
  • In March 2025, 295,982 tickets have been booked for April 2025
  • That represents a 75.7% reduction in tickets booked
I knew it was bad, but I didn’t expect it would be that bad, as that level of demand shift is something you almost never see.

Everyone can draw their own conclusions as to what’s causing this. It’s also anyone’s guess if we’re at rock bottom in terms of consumer sentiment, and if we’ll see more close-in bookings than in past years. But either way, April is right around the corner, and those drops are massive.
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If I lived in another country, I wouldn't want to fly into this shit storm.
 
ChileG said:
Trump administration is bad for business.
Bad for your health.
Bad for your savings.
Bad for your retirement.
Bad for government services.
Bad for national security.
Bad for our allies.

Thanks to all who voted for Trump or third party. You own this shit.
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And bad for mental health. My anxiety is through the roof this year.

I keep hoping that it will settle into a normal presidency, and I can think about retirement, but all indicators are that he will continue until the country is beyond repair.
 
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nycfan said:
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This guy is an idiot if he really thinks anything Trump is doing is going to benefit working-class people.

In any event we can't let a desire to keep outdated "working-class" jobs that are falling by the wayside stop us from moving the economy and country forward. It's just as productive to try to bring back chimney sweep or lamp lighting jobs as it is to try to bring back certain manufacturing jobs that now have no place in the modern economy.
 
superrific said:
Unless the definition of American-made excludes cars with substantial components manufactured abroad. Usually these country of origin determinations are complex, tricky and require a lot of attention to detail. The administration has trouble with basic things like don't plan wars over chats. What makes you believe they could do a country of origin designation that makes any sense?
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As long as they assemble the vehicle in the US, it won't face the tariffs. The imported components will be subject to tariffs as they enter the country so the costs will rise for the domestic assembly plants whether the plant is building Ford, GM, Honda, or BMW. The tariffs are sheer idiocy but the bookkeeping isn't difficult.
 
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