The elected officials of the largest city in Vermont are so bored by Canadian visitors that they have renamed one of their street in our honor to try to bring us back.
“Trump’s values are not ours, and we appreciate our friendship and our historical relationship,” pleaded on social networks Evan Litwin, a municipal councilor in Burlington.
In his publication, he says that this change of street name serves to send an unequivocal message to the controversial republican president.
He shared his vision of the world after a ceremony which took place last Wednesday, when we symbolically replaced, until 1is Next September, the name of rue Marchande “Church St.” For «Rue Canada St.» in Burlington.
According to Evan Litwin, we must think “about the painful and disturbing consequences of the current federal government”.
The municipal politician ends his message by saying that “Vermont is unique, fiercely independent and welcoming for all!”.
Friday morning, a few o’clock from the construction vacation, we already felt the Trump effect on the border.
Few people on the border
There was no crowd on Friday morning at border posts between Quebec and the United States.
Two tourists interviewed by VAT Nouvelles on the border between Stanstead and Derby Line in Vermont remember having waited “between 1:30 am and 2 hours” at the same time two years ago.
According to TVA Nouvelles, this weak crowd at the Stanstead border at the start of the construction holidays has been an unprecedented situation for more than a decade.
As for the border post between Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle and Champlain, the morning also went smoothly, according to the American customs website. However, the waiting time has increased slightly in the middle of the afternoon.
Less frequented hotels in Quebec
Friday, the Hôtellerie du Québec association indicated that hotels have been less frequented since the start of the summer. Almost three out of five hoteliers (60%) are delayed in reservations, compared to 2024.
Conversely, 22% of hoteliers in Quebec report an improvement in their reservations. They believe that this increase has become reality thanks to a “more present intraprovincial clientele”. The hoteliers of Estrie also observed a return of American customers.