Trump “did something that applies to us”

After the president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened Canada with steep tariffs, Monika Morelli de Montreal canceled his subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon, two Giant American companies.

He also canceled a trip he had planned for later in the year to New Orleans.

“There is something that has been irrevocably broken now, after centuries from the United States and Canada being allies,” said Marelli, 39, to the BBC.

The threat of import taxes, said, in addition to Trump’s comments that Canada could become the 51st state of the United States, “has caused something to apply to all.”

Trump had promised to slapped a 25% tariff in both Canada and Mexico this week, citing problems with border security.

Then he reached a surprise agreement with Mexico on Monday that turned out that the duties were delayed for 30 days in exchange for more Mexican troops on the border. A similar agreement was agreed with Canada later in the day.

For the Canadians, who had been deeply anxious for the economic consequences of tariffs, the delay caused a sigh of relief. But some feel that the threat has caused a crack in the relationship between the United States and Canada.

The data published on Wednesday by the national polls Angus Reid discovered that 91% of Canadians want their country to trust the United States less in the future, preferring that option on the repair of the relationship between the United States and Canada, although more Half I still wanted to try.

The opinion survey also pointed out a great leap in national pride, and discovered that 90% of Canadians were following this problem closely, imitating the levels of commitment not seen since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Shachi Kurl, president of Angus Reid, told the BBC that the numbers capture “a moment of unity” in the country. They also demonstrated that Canadians have responded to American tariffs with a feeling of shared anger, he said.

As the United States is the largest customer of Canadian goods, tariffs threaten to push the Canadian economy to a recession and put thousands of jobs at risk.

In addition to the rates, Trump has repeatedly declared (possibly as a joke) that Canada should become an American state to avoid paying the tax, a comment that has been received with fury of the Canadians, and that some have been seen as a threat to his sovereignty.

The problem has given way to a wave of patriotism in Canada, in particular to unite people of all political stripes at a time when the country had been deeply divided by the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and its policies.

Politicians and the general public have pushed a feeling of “buying Canadian”, with buyers who wish to support local businesses and avoid buying products made in the United States in protest of possible tariffs.

Carole Chandler, a 67 -year -old public school teacher from Halifax, said that, Mrs. Morelli, had canceled a next holiday to Florida.

“I love the United States and Americans,” he tells BBC. “But I don’t want to be one.”

Even with the temporary pause on tariffs, some Canadian provinces are still advancing with “buying” buying “campaigns to encourage people to spend their dollars closer to home.

On Wednesday, Manitoba Prime Minister Wab Kinew said that his province will spend C $ 140,000 ($ 97,800; £ 78,200) in advertising, even in advertising and radio fences, to push Manitobans to contribute to their local economy.

The provinces are also eliminating barriers to trade internally within Canada, and many are asking the country to diversify their commercial relationship and build ties in other places.

Kinew described the round trip in the possible tariff war between the United States and Canada as similar to “cervical whip.”

“But despite everything, seeing people join and meet around the flag, put Manitoba’s pride in the first place, has been very encouraging,” Kinew said.

Mrs. Kurl pointed out that the Canada-United States relationship has suffered for centuries, and the two countries have been close and close partners on the world stage.

“It’s a rather tangled relationship,” he said.

Canadians share not only deep economic ties with the United States, but also family ties and the longest land border in the world. The United States has also long been the main travel destination for Canadians.

She said it would not be easy to unravel those ties, and it remains to be seen if recent feelings on Trump rates indicate a fundamental change between the two countries.

Much of this, he added, could depend on how the relationship with the current president of the United States progresses and if the tariff threat materializes.

While the Canadians wait and see what happens, they said they were looking to support their own however they could.

“We do not organize large screens as the Americans do,” said Halifax Chandler.

But Canadian patriotism is deep, he said.