The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that Canadians are exercising their right to boycott travel to the United States in opposition to President Donald Trump's trade war and rhetoric about making Canada the 51st state. Columnist John Turley-Ewart writes that polling suggests 67 per cent of those who decided to boycott travel to the U.S. in 2026 have done so because of the political climate and tensions between the two countries. An expensive U.S. dollar also makes it easier to say no. Canadians are quietly asserting that business as usual is over. The top source of tourists to the U.S. in 2024 was Canada. We spent $20-billion (U.S.) there that year. Statistics Canada reports that roughly three million Canadians travelled to America by air or land in March, 2024, alone. This March, that number was down by almost a million. This comes at a great loss to the American economy. Forbes, using U.S. Travel Association data, estimates it to be a cost of roughly $4.5-billion (U.S.) so far, causing an estimated loss of about 300,000 jobs. In the first quarter of 2026, Canadian airlines reduced U.S.-bound flight capacity by almost 10 per cent, or 450,000 seats. Air Transat suspended all its U.S. flights this summer.