CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Adam Orton of Cedar Rapids said he knows a lot of people who talked about moving to Canada because of politics — but he actually did it.

“I knew the moment Harris became the presidential nominee,” Orton said. “It became a real threat that Trump was going to become elected again. That’s when we started making plans.”

Orton owns DreamCity Cinema . He said more opportunities in filmmaking is one reason he moved to Vancouver.

But the shift to conservative politics in Iowa was also a factor.

“I just kind of have grown, you know, disappointed in a lot of Iowa leadership like some of the laws regarding gun legislation [and] gender identity being removed from civil state protections.”

But Iowa Senator Joni Ernst praised those policies as a reason to live in Iowa.

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