Worried that Donald Trump’s policies are scaring away Canadians, a key segment of their tourist industry, a California resort city has put up “Palm Springs Loves Canada” signs across its downtown.
“It was a gesture to let our Canadian visitors know that what happens in Washington DC, is not the way that Palm Springs is looking at Canada,” Ron deHarte, the city’s mayor, said of the signs, which were installed on Friday.
An estimated 300,000 Canadians each year visit the Palm Springs region, DeHarte said, some of them staying for months at a time as they trade Canada’s harsh winters for southern California’s reliable warmth. But the mayor said he has been hearing from some Canadians that the US government’s tariffs, and its rhetoric about Canada, is unacceptable to them, and that they’re responding by cancelling their ...
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