News Source: Leader Post Online
| about 1 year ago
There probably was a tremendous surge, the initial wave, after the Canadian dollar crossed parity in September and people did a lot of shopping in the States," said BMO Capital Markets senior economist Michael Gregory Wednesday. After Christmas,...
News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 year ago
ET Canadian motorists made fewer trips to the U.S. Statistics Canada said. (CBC) Canadians didn't spend as much in the U.S. during the first three months of the year as they did in the previous quarter, as cross-border shopping lost some of its...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 year ago
Canadians spent $7.2 billion more traveling outside the country in the first quarter than visitors to Canada spent, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. The difference between spending by Canadian residents abroad and spending by foreigners inside...
News Source: The Globe & Mail
| about 1 year ago
Canada's international travel deficit pulled back in the first quarter of the year from record highs at the end of last year, but only because Canadians are scaling back foreign travel more than foreigners are cancelling trips to Canada. The...
News Source: Delhi News-Record
| about 1 year ago
The recent surge in Canada's international travel deficit subsided in the first quarter of 2008 due to a significant drop in Canadian travel spending in the United States...The deficit increased by $744 million in the third quarter and $620 million...