Current Events > Canadians are vandalising cars with US plates in anger that they escaped from US

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Lebronwon
08/12/20 1:02:19 AM
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-us-canada-border-cars-covid-19-a9663516.html

Canadian residents are vandalising cars with US license plates in an attempt to deter American tourists from visiting the country, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Some Canadian citizens have targeted cars with US license plates in various different ways, including keying vehicles and harassing drivers, after the borders between the two countries closed for tourists on 31 March, according to the New York Times. They reported that in the four months since the border closed to US tourists only four drivers with American plates have been questioned about why they are entering Canada, and after noticing US cars in their country, some residents took action into their own hands. However, Canadians with US license plates on their cars have mistakenly been targeted by residents who thought they were in the country illegally, according to CBS News. Lisa Watt, a Canadian citizen who moved to Houston, Texas in 2000 for work, said a car tailgated her for several miles before the driver put their middle finger up at her, when she was in the country to help her 84-year-old mother cope during the pandemic. Ms Watt told CBS that it made her angry, and added: Im here to help my mother. I have every right to be here.

Vandalism of cars with US license plates has occurred so frequently over the last few months that John Horgan, premier of British Columbia, has suggested drivers with those plates replace them with Canadian ones. Mr Horgan asked Canadian residents to be calm. Be nice but added: With respect to those who have offshore plates and are feeling harassed, I would suggest perhaps public transit. I would suggest that they get their plates changed. I would suggest that they ride a bike. Canada has fared much better during the coronavirus pandemic than America. With a population roughly the tenth of the size of the US it has so far recorded 121,406 Covid-19 cases and 9,028 deaths, while its neighbour has announced more than five million cases and 163,047 fatalities.



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gamer167
08/12/20 1:06:12 AM
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Settle down you silly Canucks, you dont want no smoke.
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TheMikh
08/12/20 1:08:26 AM
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that's not very polite

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NES4EVER
08/12/20 1:11:34 AM
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Sorry eh

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008Zulu
08/12/20 1:16:33 AM
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Imagine Americans being told to go back where they came from.

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tremain07
08/12/20 1:32:57 AM
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We now live in a reality where Canadians despise us to the point of violence against us.

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Dark_SilverX
08/12/20 1:34:24 AM
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That is not right and is very wrong. Those people need to come out and aplogize for their actions.

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KnightofShikari
08/12/20 1:34:54 AM
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imagine how bad you have to fuck things up that even canadians are angry enough to destroy your stuff

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Axiom
08/12/20 1:35:41 AM
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Trump's America did this
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TomNook20
08/12/20 1:37:29 AM
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Cool_new_name
08/12/20 1:38:05 AM
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how rude!
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HiddenRoar
08/12/20 3:35:33 PM
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Lebronwon posted...
Mr Horgan asked Canadian residents to be calm. Be nice but added: With respect to those who have offshore plates and are feeling harassed, I would suggest perhaps public transit. I would suggest that they get their plates changed. I would suggest that they ride a bike.

Victim blaming at it's finest.

Well, it's bad that your car got key'd, but perhaps you shouldn't have had U.S. plates in the first place.
Hmm...
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DarthAragorn
08/12/20 3:36:22 PM
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I mean fuck how can you blame Canadians for this

this year has shown how awful a huge portion of Americans are
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
08/12/20 3:40:16 PM
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A lot of people have dual citizenship so they can be here in Canada legally without issue.

Let us not be assholes regardless.

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CanuckCowboy
08/12/20 3:41:29 PM
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I mean thats a dick move.

But so was all the americans using the goin to alaska lol excuse just to come to bc for vacation. Thankfully theyve put more regularions in plce to stop that now.

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monkmith
08/12/20 3:41:48 PM
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good to know that stupid is universal and not just limited to america...

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Null_Mime
08/12/20 3:42:32 PM
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Good. Border is closed. It's unfortunate that citizens need to be the ones taking action. Our border guards should be properly vetting people who claim to be traveling to Alaska for work.

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GoodOlJr
08/12/20 3:44:14 PM
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It was probably 1-2 cases and made a fun headline
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Seaman_Prime
08/12/20 3:44:57 PM
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Hey! I thought they were welcoming of refugees
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LightHawKnight
08/12/20 3:47:12 PM
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So these cars from illegal tourists since the border is closed?

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Chicken
08/12/20 3:47:47 PM
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Ive heard of BC residents doing this to Alberta vehicles as well so theyre just being dinks to everybody right now.

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Airhammy
08/12/20 4:45:46 PM
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While I haven't heard of any vandalism there is a number we can call to report US vehicles. I haven't used it, but I have seen a few US plates including one from New Mexico that I took a pic of (but haven't shared it). The vehicle also had a Canadian flag in the back window.

I'm in a tourist spot and the locals have had a few discussions on the matter over Facebook. How many are here because they have Summer homes? (the government says not to travel to them, but if you do quarantine for 2 weeks). How many are here to see family? (the government says not to travel to visit them, but if you do quarantine for 2 weeks) How many say at the border that they're "traveling to Alaska" but are really coming over for a vacation? You get the idea.

They put stricter rules on the so called Alaska bound travelers by putting a dated tag on their vehicle. If you don't actually go where you say you're going I'm assuming you get fined on the return trip. We've also had issues with our ferries as Americans are getting on first instead of residents due to reservations and wait times are insane on top of the ferries only filling at a 50% capacity for distancing reasons. So you can see why some here are on edge.

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CanuckCowboy
08/12/20 4:48:14 PM
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Chicken posted...
Ive heard of BC residents doing this to Alberta vehicles as well so theyre just being dinks to everybody right now.

Ive never heard of that in my whole life living in a tourist town that sees hundreds of albertans every summer.

Lot of bc residents cant stand albertan tourists cause of how they drive but this is the first i ever heard of anything like that.

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Wii_Shaker
08/14/20 6:32:56 AM
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Axiom posted...
Trump's America did this

Maybe but it just shows that Canada has the same type of yahoos so it's not strictly an American disease.

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IfGodCouldDie
08/14/20 6:35:04 AM
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CanuckCowboy posted...
Ive never heard of that in my whole life living in a tourist town that sees hundreds of albertans every summer.

Lot of bc residents cant stand albertan tourists cause of how they drive but this is the first i ever heard of anything like that.
Yea drivers here are the fucking worst. I'm not sure if they are worse in Edmonton or Calgary though.

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R1masher
08/14/20 6:39:00 AM
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Last war with them ended in a stalemate


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treewojima
08/14/20 6:42:20 AM
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It's like the bizarro version of that Simpsons bit

https://youtu.be/G-SmSoFeDC0

(also, there's a known 261 troll shitting up the comments LOL)
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archedsoul
08/14/20 6:43:29 AM
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https://youtu.be/Cd0uaMynQJI&t=19

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Esrac
08/14/20 9:21:49 AM
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Racist Canadians.
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Flauros
08/14/20 9:23:41 AM
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The Trent
08/14/20 9:26:38 AM
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DarthAragorn posted...
I mean fuck how can you blame Canadians for this

this year has shown how awful a huge portion of Americans are

wtf now we love victim blaming

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Poop2
08/14/20 9:30:40 AM
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god bless
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pikachupwnage
08/14/20 9:32:06 AM
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Dark_SilverX posted...
That is not right and is very wrong. Those people need to come out and aplogize for their actions.

I agree the Americans traveling to Canada during a pandemic should apologize.

Smash the cars to pieces and hold these idiots in quarantine indefinitely so we dont have to take em back till this pandemic is over.

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Ving_Rhames
08/14/20 9:32:16 AM
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Americans shocked at the ire theyve earned from everyone


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MrKapowski
08/14/20 9:53:47 AM
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Lmao at all the people celebrating this while simultaneously shaming Americans for wanting better border security.


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Wii_Shaker
08/14/20 9:54:53 AM
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Ving_Rhames posted...
Americans shocked at the ire theyve earned from everyone
We can't even stand each other.

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BoyOfBattle
08/16/20 6:53:14 AM
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fair, next

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pick4six
08/16/20 7:02:44 AM
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Cant blame them #BuildAWall

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Choco
08/16/20 7:07:58 AM
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i couldn't help but laugh at that title >_>

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Choco
08/16/20 7:08:53 AM
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Crono99 posted...
Last month I went to the post office with my gf and there was a car with Maine plates parked there. She litetally started screaming something like "Hey! Look! What the FUCK are they doing here!?"

I was like "relax, it's probably just a canadian who works there so he has american plates"

What a time we live in
your gf is a ceman?

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HBOSS
08/18/20 6:00:35 AM
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yikes these are crazy times.

they all scared and need to do something

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voldothegr8
08/18/20 6:17:01 AM
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HiddenRoar posted...


Victim blaming at it's finest.

Well, it's bad that your car got key'd, but perhaps you shouldn't have had U.S. plates in the first place.
Hmm...

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IHeartRadiation
08/19/20 7:16:25 PM
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when are we gonna start calling canada "little america"

i'm still waiting on the power armor

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jpenny2
08/19/20 7:19:25 PM
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The North remembers.

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Irony
08/19/20 7:20:11 PM
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Fair next

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rodu_jr
08/19/20 7:24:34 PM
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It's because some Americans lied to get into the country so they can vacation, Americans who live up here and work get the blame
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