Are U.S. tourists making a political statement?

It is so nice to see that Ezra Levant has studied in the same geography classes that the average American has.

In fact there are no Canadian cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, close to the border, with a matching sized urban centre in the USA. The only one is Detroit near Windsor.

Seattle is not close Vancouver. Chicago, New York, or Boston are not close to either Toronto or Montreal. It takes two hours for Calgarians to reach the border, with more driving to arrive at a tourist destination after that.

He would have been right if he had said that travelling from city to city within the U.S. is a longer drive than heading up to a large urban Canadian centre.

There is a variety of things that have led to Americans staying at home. Considering when you do a Google search, a search of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, or Fox news, no Canadian political or trade policies or news stories show up, how does Ezra figure the average American has heard of all of the issues he cites? Homer Simpson?

I would suspect the reason for the drop in travel is due to several things. Competition, the Americans are in a war, the USA has endured more than their share of weather calamities, as well as, it is expensive to travel by car, plane, or train, due to the high cost of fuel.

Add these all up, and I think even in Ezra's closed mind you can see there is more at play that some sort of conspiracy organized by the Ottawa Liberals.

If Ezra feels all is perfect south of the border, why doesn't he move? From what you read of his drivel is not a happy camper.