• Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Honest question - are Canadians generally fine with normal US citizens with no untoward agenda still coming to visit and shop in Canada? I love partaking in the cuisine, a museum, and a library in a relatively nearby border town. Especially the more ethnically-diverse cuisine, because shitty generic Americana fare gets tiresome. Canadian Tire is fun, too, although I do secretly wonder why it’s not Canadian Tyre. Curious to know if US plates on a car in Canada generate a negative response nowadays.

    Also, I’m sorry about the reality for which I felt the need to ask this question.

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      6 months ago

      Come and spend your money in our economy, sure!

      I doubt you’ll have any trouble unless you have MAGA bullshit on display or are driving a Tesla.

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      6 months ago

      We dislike your president and the shit show he’s caused. If you’re willing to spend your hard earned money here though we’ll welcome you with open arms.

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      6 months ago

      I own a business in Canada which gets a ton of tourists. I’m fine with everyone coming in.

      That said, if they’re wearing a MAGA red hat or a Trump shirt, I’m not quite sure what I’d do. I’d probably tell them they can’t come in wearing that. I think it would be hilarious to make these scrubs leave their hats in the car.

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        6 months ago

        You should absolutely turn them away. They are your enemy. They chose to vote to hurt you and your business.

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      6 months ago

      I do secretly wonder why it’s not Canadian Tyre.

      Because in the same way we are not American, we are not British.

      Curious to know if US plates on a car in Canada generate a negative response nowadays.

      Depends on if you’re talking an American negative response or a Canadian negative response. I don’t imagine you’d be getting flipped off or have stuff thrown at you but you may not have people stop to let you back out of a parking spot or let you out of a driveway in busy traffic.