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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 4 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

Yeah no thanks. Im of Latino, indigenous heritage. The moment i cross, they’ll look in my phone, see the anti trump posts, look at my tattoos and it’s off to a Central American gulag for me, and I’m not even joking

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 hours ago

As a Canadian woman, I feel unsafe crossing the border.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Do they know we're mostly from India?

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 hours ago

Do they actually think minor inconveniences like visa length are what's stopping us from visiting? Fuck, that shit hole country really is full of idiots.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago
[–] asg101@lemmy.ca 25 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Any Canadian traveling to the Fourth Reich for anything other than life-saving reasons is a traitor.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

You're using American owned servers for these shit posting comments. Think about it

[–] asg101@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

I can also be a communist while using a capitalist built computer... so what?

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 10 hours ago

Some of us have family down there who are unable to travel. Although even then I'm not going

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 25 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I'm never ever going to the USA willingly ever again unless we're invaded by them.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 10 hours ago

In Soviet America, states visit you!

[–] thefool@sh.itjust.works 18 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If Ontario residents stay 7 months, they lose their health care.

"To qualify for Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) coverage, a person must be a resident of Ontario as defined in Regulation 552 of the Health Insurance Act (HIA). Except for those residents identified in section 1.1(1)(a) below, a resident must ordinarily be present in Ontario which means the resident must make his or her permanent and principal home in Ontario and, with some exceptions, be present in Ontario for 153 days in any given 12-month period."

Not that this bill would convince me to ever cross the border again

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

And yet, Albertans want to join the US? Do they think they’re going to retain their health care, maternity leave, etc.??? Are they just stupid?

[–] BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"We don't need anything from Canada"

Proceeds to table bill to get our sweet, sweet tourism dollars

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

"We don't need anything from Canada, but boy do we want them as a state"

Hmmmmm

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

And we want their tourism

🤡🖕🇺🇸

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 day ago

Don't go. It's a trap!

You couldn't pay me to ever step foot in that country again.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 28 points 22 hours ago

Might be safer to get in the windowless van with the guy promising candy.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 35 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The issue that is keeping Canadians away is not how long we can stay in the US visa free. It's the Trump administration and all the Republicans in Congress that haven't done a single thing to even try to keep Trump in check.

[–] gmalette@lemmy.ca 16 points 15 hours ago

And the risk of an involuntary one-way trip to El Salvadore for my social media account content

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 68 points 1 day ago

Doesn’t matter if you won’t set foot in the US anymore.

No, thank you.

[–] aushtan@lemm.ee 39 points 1 day ago

Ayo fuck that. Abuser tactics coming from that dumpster fire down south

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I expect brown Canadians and LGTBQ+ Canadians to still be at risk of some ICE shenanigans, so fuck it anyway.
May the snowbird tourism industry fucking burn, they might as well spend their money somewhere that isn't hostile to our sovereignty.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 day ago

I would wager any Canadians against nazism to be at risk also, better to avoid the US altogether

[–] 5PACEBAR@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

Like I'd want to visit this shithole

[–] jhymesba@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

American coming in peace.

I like all of your comments. We've fucked around and we're starting to find out and are becoming desperate.

These Republicans who are trying to woo you back should be putting their weight behind impeaching the Orange Menace.

Until the shitgibbon is gone, spend your tourism dollars elsewhere, and let us keep begging.

I really wish I could join you guys and trade my American citizenship for Canadian citizenship.

Elbows up. You got this.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Thanks. But even after orange shitler is gone, in another four years after that there will be some other nutjob Republican voted in who will continue to extend the trump project of corrupt rule by total chaos. But they will be younger, and maybe smarter, so even more dangerous. The US is dead to me and dead forever to a huge majority of Canadians. The 51st state rhetoric, Canada doesn’t exist, arbitrary border, has socialized healthcare only because Canada doesn’t spend enough on its military, free trade bait and switch, stack the federal Govt with incompetent morons, did it. The US has crossed not one but hundreds of red lines. We. Are. Done.

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 11 hours ago

Two thoughts.

Most Canadians view changing your administration as a collective responsibility of all US citizens. Kind thoughts are appreciated but most of us are increasingly impatient.

Second, have you considered that, like many other Americans, you may be a Canadian by descent? And if so, any children you may have also?

At present, due to a 2023 Superior Court Bjorkquist decision on Lost Canadians in Ontario (unchallenged by the federal government), there is an exceptional situation where people born outside Canada who are descendants of people born in Canada can apply to claim citizenship.

See this page - the flag at the top gives the latest extension of the interim provisions (that override the existing law that the Court stayed).

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/already-citizen.html

While I wouldn’t normally direct anyone to Reddit, the CanadianCitizenship subreddit has a lot of information on people’s experiences in navigating the process.

See the FAQ at https://www.reddit.com/r/Canadiancitizenship/s/rHN4JVQwQO

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 8 points 23 hours ago

We fight the trump regime together from both sides of the border, friend. #ElbowsUp #HandsOff

[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Until things get sorted out in the US, its not safe for immigrants

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

It’s not safe for brown people, people of colour, Black folks, trans and LGBTQ folks.

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 13 points 23 hours ago

That would only offer more time and opportunity for the ICE gestapo to find and imprison Canadians.