In response to President Donald Trump’s pledge to impose 25 % tariffs on Canadian imports into the United States, sports fans in Canada booed and jeered the U.S. national anthem at a number of professional sporting events over the weekend.
Before the Senators played the Minnesota Wild in an NHL game on Saturday nights, Ottawa viewers booed the Star-Spangled Banner. Prior to the game against the Seattle Kraken, Calgary Lights fans also made fun of the U.S. national anthem.
Viewers booed the U.S. national anthem on Sunday in Toronto before the Los Angeles Clippers and the Toronto Raptors squared off in the NBA. When the Vancouver Canucks hosted the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night, American viewers mocked the Star-Spangled Banner.
Boos ring out before the Clippers-Raptors match video during the US national anthem. twitter.com/IPIDe93a0C— Kayla Grey ( @Kayla_Grey ) February 2, 2025
Calgary, Ottawa, and Toronto’s sporting teams won their game, but Detroit came out on top against Vancouver.
Trump’s promise to impose striking tariffs on American exports entering the United States is the source of the antiquing hymn, which will spark an all-but certain trade war with one of the nation’s largest trading partners.
Canada promised retaliatory tariffs, initially ordering tariffs of 25 % on U. S. imports starting Tuesday, including beverages, cosmetics, and paper products worth 30 billion Canadian dollars or$ 20 billion USD. A second list of items is set to be released shortly, which will include passenger cars, trucks, steel and aluminum products, particular fruits and vegetables, meat, meat, dairy products, aircraft products, and more, according to the Associated Press.
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Canadians have been advertising goods made in their own country, with some food stores apparently labeling goods as being evidently made there to entice customers.
Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, stated on social media that” the time has come to pick items made right here in Canada.” ” Check the labels. This would our portion. Wherever we can, chose Canada”.
