Keith Fowke of Winnipeg often takes his family south of the border for a holiday. But with ongoing tariff unpredictability and annexation threats coming from U.S. President Donald Trump, Fowke says he won’t step foot in the country this year.
Instead, he’s planning a family road trip, possibly to the Royal Tyrrell Museum — a.k.a. the Dinosaur Museum — in Drumheller, Alta.
“You know, going on the No. 1 highway, that’s a very Canadian thing to do. And, you know, there’s some smaller communities around Drumheller, so we can plan things out a little bit,” Fowke told CBC Radio’s Cost of Living.
“We’re going to spend our dollars in Canada where, you know, people might be having economic hard times and we want to put our dollars where it can help Canadians.”
Fowke isn’t the only one. The last few months have shown a drastic drop in Canadian travel across the border, whether …