Posted on 12/31/2016 12:26:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Toronto, Dec 31 (IBNS): A new poll by Probe Research and the Winnipeg Free Press shows about 29 percent of Manitobans, will avoid travel to the United States after Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 2017, media reports said.
Nearly a third of Manitobans which was about 200,000 people wanted to stay away from U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the poll.
"200,000 people, if they were all to follow through on that, that would have a very large impact on the travel, tourism and hospitality businesses," Scott MacKay, president of Winnipeg-based Probe Research Inc. said.
This province-wide survey was designed and conducted by Probe Research via telephone interviews taken between Nov. 29, 2016 and Dec. 11, 2016 among a random selection representing a sample of 1,000 adults living in Manitoba.
MacKay said that with a sample of 1,000 there could be 95 percent certainty that the results within ± 3.1 percentage points represented the entire adult population of Manitoba being interviewed.
More women than men said they wanted to avoid traveling to the U.S. under Trump. Nearly half, or 49 percent, of middle-aged women (aged 35 to 54) surveyed said they were now less likely to travel to the U.S.
That demographic is an important factor for businesses that rely on cross-border shoppers, said Barry Wilfahrt, president of the Grand Forks and East Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce.
The metropolitan region spans the border of Minnesota and North Dakota and is located about 230 kilometres south of Winnipeg.
About 20 percent of overall retail sales and between a quarter and one-third of all hotel business in Grand Forks is represented by Canadians, according to the chamber.
"Anything that could potentially adversely affect the Canadian travel to the United States, particularly to Grand Forks, it's obviously a concern to us," said Wilfahrt.
More affluent population of South Winnipeg which were most likely to travel to the States are deterred by the thought of Donald Trump, said MacKay
For instance, 62 percent of those who said they were less likely to travel to the States under a Trump administration earn $ 60,000 or more a year.
"They are people who are a little more affluent, they come from places like South Winnipeg and other places that tend to go down to Fargo and Grand Forks a lot to visit," he said. "That's going to have some kind of implications for the U.S. and travel and tourism."
Although pollsters didn't look outside Manitoba to see people’s sentiments were across the country, MacKay said that Manitoba could represent Canada because it is very often the average place in Canada.
"Canadians seek value and they seek selection and that's what we offer in Grand Forks," said Barry Wilfahrt, Chief Executive Officer at The Chamber - Grand Forks/East Grand Forks.
"I know we do a lot of cross-border shopping just because of our proximity to the border but there are many places in Canada that are like that."
Wilfahrt said he believed after Canadians got used to President Trump they will resume their annual visits to towns like Grand Forks, which were close to the border.
"This election is maybe a little bit more polarizing than it's been in the past but I expect that once President Trump's first 100 days are over it will be business as usual," the Chamber of Commerce president said.
"At the end of the day, Canadians seek value and they seek selection and that's what we offer in Grand Forks…. That's why they'll continue to come down here."
Meanwhile, 62 percent of those surveyed said Trump's election will have zero effect on their travel habits, while four percent said they were more likely to visit. Five percent were unsure.
Surprisingly, a Mainstreet/Postmedia poll conducted during the U.S. election between Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, 2016 found that Manitoba supported Trump more than any other province, CBC reports said.
Only 28 percent of people surveyed in Manitoba said they would vote for the Republican candidate Hillary Clinton.
but if you do come, bring lots of Tim Hortons donuts
Once all the US libtards who claim they’re moving
north get there the Manatobums will be changing their
tune.
I was born in Saskatchewan and my province always had a low opinion of Manitobans. Nothing to worry about. They have always been idiots.
Look at the long slide of the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar over the last 5 years. That rather than political whining probably explains part of the reason some Canadians do not want to travel to the U.S. It costs them too much because of the declining value of their own currency.
https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/CADUSD:CUR
If some wack jobs stay out good.
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Today I picked this article up in the Toronto Star (or as it is frequently called, The Red Star)….. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/12/30/us-college-bound-students-look-to-canada-after-trumps-win.html Here’s the lead in to the article…. For some university- and college-bound students distressed by the election of Donald Trump, Canada is calling….. Applications to the University of Toronto from American students have jumped 70 per cent compared with this time last year….. As one reads the article, was there any discussion about other factors that might have caused an increase in applicants? Was there any evidence to support the contention of the main point to the article that there even was an increase? What about the fact that the Canadian dollar has dropped a bunch and currently sits at $0.72….. and is still on a downwards slide? Could that have had anything to do with it? Nope…. Nary a word about that and nothing explored beyond the conclusion that had already been drawn. It’s all Trump’s fault!
Now that the media has failed with all of their objectives/endeavours and Trump WILL BE the next President, expect nothing but a steady diet about how bad things are under Trump, the measures that people are taking to avoid the destituteness and misery that Trump has wrought to their lives etc. …. and bogus stories like the Manitoba shopping one, or this one about university applicants at Canadian universities. It’s all 100% bunk.
I just spent two weeks in Florida with one of them at the annual power conference. I was so impressed with the optimism of all the people that I talked to. It was the most contagious optimism I’ve seen in decades. I know one thing for sure, just seeing that optimism is going to be huge driving force for investment…..and that was the very basic message that I took back to my company as to where are investments will be made.
Okay. Got no problem with people punishing themselves to try and spite our President.
Fake News.. Fake Polls... The new normal
On the other hand, lots of Canadians like Trump and are hoping to find a similar candidate in the ongoing leadership race to replace retired Stephen Harper.
Nobody stands out as a Trump clone, you can get some of the realism from three or four out of seventeen candidates (sound familiar?) and there’s a prominent businessman lurking in the wings but he seems a bit more inclined to political correctness than Trump.
I am sure many Canadians will continue to visit the U.S. and enjoy their time “south of the border.” Please don’t assume if you see a Canadian licence plate that you’re dealing with a liberal idiot. About one third of us are conservatives. And that third are more likely to cross the border than most. Even before Trump, there were liberal Canadians who didn’t very often, if ever, cross the border and who feared everyday life in border communities that are frankly just about equivalent to Canadian towns on the other side of the border. You have to go a long way south before you really notice a different culture, the border states seem fairly liberal and very dependent on Canadian shoppers in many cases.
I would move to Utah or Nevada if I could afford it, but as a retiree I would lose most of my Canadian pension so my limit is about two months out of the year. Love the scenery, the people, and the weather.
Pretty hard to take this article about Canada-US seriously when it comes from some India online publication.... and especially when it closes with this “Only 28 percent of people surveyed in Manitoba said they would vote for the Republican candidate Hillary Clinton.” Really?
The odds that less Canadians will travel south is about exactly the same as the odds of all those ‘celebrities’ moving to Canada if Trump wins.....
Canada; North America’s “short bus”
I can’t believe the MSM has the audacity to cite another ‘poll’, after nearly every polling outfit in existence was outed pulling numbers out of their asses in the last election.
Utter BS. I’m seeing just as many of them on the roads today as at other times, maybe more.
I live in Upstate NY, about 85 miles from Canadian Border. Cars with Canadian license plates are a common sight on Route 81, and on local roads in my area. I saw several today.
Fake News.
I have a Canadian friend who lives in Vancouver who was obsessed with anti-Trump memes and jokes and the like. What’s it to these people? Can’t they see through the pitiful man behind the curtain named Obama?
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Fake News just continues to roll in the MSM!
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>> “What’s it to these people? Can’t they see through the pitiful man behind the curtain named Obama?” <<
Frankly, no, they can’t.
They’re so enamored to Free Stuff from socialist sugar daddies that they gave their own country away a long time ago.
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As someone who used to live in FLA. and has personally witnessed the Canada snowbirds cutting across four lanes on I-275 (right in front of me) to hit their exit; my eternal thanks.
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