内容摘要：Greenlanders have been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump said the U.S. could take over their homeland. Most reject the idea but say it has renewed interest in full independence from Denmark, a key issue in the March 11 election.

Greenlanders have been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump said the U.S. could take over their homeland. Most reject the idea but say it has renewed interest in full independence from Denmark, a key issue in the March 11 election.

The Canadian dollar is currently worth about 30 cents less than its American counterpart, but McMillan said politics is the major reason why Canadians are balking at traveling to the U.S.“The majority of the reason why we’re seeing people avoid the U.S. right now has to do with the tariffs and the 51st state comments,” he said. “Talk of the 51st state seems to be where people are making a much more firm decision about not going to the U.S.”

The U.S. Travel Association said Canada is the top source of international visitors to the U.S. In 2024 there were 20.4 million visits from Canada generating $20.5 billion in spending and supporting 140,000 American jobs.The association says a 10% reduction in Canadian travel could mean 2 million fewer visits, $2.1 billion in lost spending and 14,000 job losses.The top five most visited states by Canadians are Florida, California, Nevada, New York and Texas.

Air Canada, the country’s largest airline, said it currently is not seeing a reduction in travel to the U.S. but is monitoring the situation.“We are anticipating that there could be a slowdown,” Mark Galardo, Air Canada’s executive vice president for revenue and network planning, said on a company quarterly earnings call last week.

WestJet, Canada’s second biggest airlines, said in the first few weeks of this year it has noticed an approximate 25% drop in demand for flights to the U.S. compared to last year.

“We believe this change is at least partially linked to the differences in currency exchange rates; however, we are actively reviewing and working with the Government of Canada on the potential impacts of tariffs, and we will continue to fly where there is demand,” the airline said in an email.“The government is determined to do everything it can to prevent a repeat of what happened at Heathrow,” Miliband said.

Heathrow announced its own review, to be led by former transport secretary Ruth Kelly, a member of the airport’s board.Heathrow Chairman Paul Deighton said Kelly will look at “the robustness and execution of Heathrow’s crisis management plans, the airport’s response during the incident and how the airport recovered.”

More than 1,300 flights were canceled and some 200,000 people stranded Friday after an overnight fire at a substation 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away cut power to Heathrow, and to more than 60,000 properties.Heathrow said Saturday it had “added flights to today’s schedule to facilitate an extra 10,000 passengers.” British Airways, Heathrow’s biggest airline, said it expected to operate about 85% of its 600 scheduled flights at the airport Saturday.