twenty second January 2026 | James Cove, Canada.
It’s an fascinating time to be right here – not simply from a ski perspective with record-breaking quantities of snow, but additionally from a political one as Canada takes centre stage within the battle with Trump. NEW
The Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has simply made what’s being judged a landmark and historic speech in Davos, Switzerland, as US President Trump threatens the prevailing world order together with his incoherent ramblings and ‘coverage statements’.
Mark Carney’s phrases on the World Financial Discussion board in Switzerland appear to have galvanised opposition to Trump and given a method for the so-called ‘medium powers’ to rally and unify round.
Trump’s restricted grasp of info was seemingly exemplified when he mentioned to the World Financial Discussion board, “With out us, proper now you’d all be talking German.”
German is probably the most extensively spoken of the 4 official languages in Switzerland.
It was a one hour and 12 minute meandering tackle from Trump.
PlanetSKI has discovered that Canadians are shunning the USA – it’s neighbour and largest buying and selling associate.
They’ve just about boycotted snowboarding there with numbers considerably down.
The US has lengthy been the primary journey vacation spot for Canadians — not a shock given the proximity of two nations.
Whereas it stays a high vacation spot, the variety of Canadians making journeys south has dropped by greater than 25%.
That decline has been observed by the American tourism trade, which forecast a lack of $5.7bn (£4.3bn) in tourism spending.
For years Canadians have been the most important supply of worldwide guests to the US, making up 28% of overseas vacationer in 2024.
Roughly 4 million fewer Canadians have visited the US prior to now 12 months and skier guests have plummeted too.
The snow in Canada has typically been plentiful this season, whereas sparce within the USA, but when it has been the opposite method round many Canadians would nonetheless have chosen to remain at dwelling.
Visiting the USA is seen as unpatriotic and due to this fact un-Canadian.
Trump has imposed tariffs on a number of key Canadian sectors and has warned of extra to come back.
He has additionally referred to Canada as ‘the 51st state’ — a remark that has been met with a mixture of nervousness and a powerful show of patriotism.
Canadians are among the most laid-back individuals on the planet – however not now in terms of the view of the USA.
Or extra significantly Donald J. Trump.
Whereas the connection between the 2 nations has had its ups and downs, many Canadians store, journey and work within the USA, plus have household ties to the nation.
However the previous 12 months has seen a change in Canadians’ total attitudes in direction of the US, if not in direction of Individuals themselves.
The BBC has reported that Polling carried out by the Pew Analysis Middle final spring indicated that 64% of Canadians held a detrimental view of the US in 2025 — the very best ever recorded in additional than twenty years of polling by Pew.
The survey recommended an excellent bigger proportion of Canadians, round 77%, lack confidence in Trump as a president.
9-in-10 respondents described him as “smug”, and three-quarters mentioned they imagine he’s “harmful”.
A separate Angus Reid ballot from October suggests that almost half of Canadians (46%) need their authorities to strategy the US as an “enemy or potential risk”.
That is increased than for India (24%) or China (34%).
Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has sought to enhance the connection with each of these nations after years of tensions associated, amongst different points, to allegations of overseas interference.
A extra latest Leger ballot carried out earlier this month signifies that one in three Canadians imagine the US may take “direct motion” to manage Canada sooner or later.
The ballot was in response to the US seizure this month of former Venezuelan chief Nicolás Maduro and Trump’s renewed feedback on taking management of Greenland.
Canadians are selecting native merchandise within the face of US tariffs.
It has been a good time for PlanetSKI to go to Canada for a two-month prolonged journey this winter.
For the snow, and the politics.
We dwell in fascinating instances.
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