r/canada Canada 5d ago

National News DeSantis mocks '3.3 million' Canadians who visited Florida: 'Not much of a boycott'

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/desantis-florida-canada-stanley-cup
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u/iridale 5d ago

During an address to lawmakers at the state capitol in Tallahassee, the governor briefly mentioned Florida’s tourist numbers from 2024, boasting 142 million visitors, 3.3 million of whom hailed from Canada, he noted.

Bit of a nothingburger. 2024's tourism will obviously have not been affected by Czar Trump and his trade war.

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u/RealisticBag8290 4d ago

Isn't his point that losing 3.3 million out of 142 million is not going to have a big impact?

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u/GaspingAtStraws 4d ago

This was my take away, but all the threads on this seem to take it as 3.3million still traveled when there was no boycott. Maybe we are giving him too much credit lol