Canada’s snowbirds should boycott travelling to U.S.

With Trump’s increasingly expansionist rhetoric targeting Canada looming large this winter, it might be wise for some snowbirds to make nest and hunker down like the rest of us.

Pelicans, pictured. If retired Canadians want to spend their winters kicking back deep in Trump country, they are well within their rights too, but it's worthwhile to consider the lasting implications that their actions have in diverting billions of dollars out of Canada, writes Curtis Metcalf.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY CURTIS METCALF

January 17, 2025

“Snowbird” refers to the more than one million Canadians who travel south to the United States each year to escape the frigid Canadian winter. Some of the most popular locations for these mostly retired travellers include the sunny states of Arizona, Texas, and Florida�...

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