Why Canadian voters living in the Big Apple have a growing interest in the federal election | CBC News

CBC - 22/04
Canadian voters living in New York are following the federal election — a race that's been dominated by the country's relationship with the U.S. following the imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods and threats by the Trump administration to make Canada the 51st state.

In a Manhattan bar, there's a shrine to all things Canadian: a giant stuffed moose head, licence plates from every province, a gold maple leaf embossed on the floor and other memorabilia.

The Canuck, which bills itself as New York City's "premier Canadian hockey and sports bar," is a familiar place to many Canadians living in the Big Apple — especially if they're looking for a hockey or baseball game that's not airing on a U.S. television network.

It's where CBC News met a group of New Yorkers who also happen to be voters in Canada's upcoming federal election — a race that's been dominated by the country's relationship with the United States following the imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods and threats by the Trump administration to make Canada the 51st state.

  • Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in March as cross-border travel plummets

They're just a few of the respondents from a campaign organized by the Canadian Association of New York (CANY), a networking, social and charitable group. It h...
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