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Canadian travel to the U.S. has plummeted. One reason why: fear

When political science professor Arash Abizadeh heard last month about foreign travellers being detained at the U.S. border, he cancelled plans to speak at an upcoming academic conference in Durham, N.C.

He believes heightened scrutiny at the U.S. border makes travel to the country too uncertain.

“Why would we subject ourselves to this?” asked Abizadeh, who teaches at McGill University in Montreal.


Leave it to the CBC to gin up the fear by featuring a Muslim as victim.

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