U.S. sees eighth straight drop in car trips by Canadians in August

Canadians showed their commitment to boycotting the United States with an eighth straight year-over-year decline in American road trips last month.

Return trips by automobile to Canada from the country’s southern neighbor dropped 33.9% in August from a year ago, Statistics Canada data showed Wednesday.

Canadian-resident return trips by air from the United States also fell 25.4%, while those from other countries rose 6.6%.

The number of car trips to Canada by U.S. residents slid 4.5% last month from a year earlier, a seventh consecutive drop, and air arrivals by U.S. residents fell 3.6%. Arrivals by overseas residents, however, grew 4.6%.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs and remarks that Canada should be the 51st U.S. state have infuriated many Canadians, while his immigration crackdown