Leena Yousefi and her family typically visit Hawaii four or five times a year. The Vancouver attorney used to live in Maui and had booked another trip for this year.
But that was before President Trump, shortly after taking office in January, said he would impose 25% tariffs on many Canadian goods and repeated his wish to turn the country into the 51st U.S. state.
“Obviously out of loyalty to Canada and our values and just holding our ground, we had to cancel,” Yousefi said.
Her family was even considering buying a two-bedroom condo in Hawaii given how often they vacation there. “But now we’re looking at Costa Rica,” she said.
The Trump administration’s recent attacks on its northern…
