New England Governors meet with Premiers

New England governors say tariffs and anti-Canadian rhetoric by the United States government is taking a bite out of tourism, with some states seeing a drop of up to 60 per cent in visitors from Canada.  Premier Rob Lantz and the other Atlantic Premiers, and Ontario’s Rob Ford, met in Boston Monday with New England Governors.  Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Canadian tourism to her state and others such as Maine, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont is down between 20 and 60 per cent compared with last year. Maine’s Governor said the meeting was a chance for the leaders to forge stronger ties and continue building relationships in the face of –quote — “dangerous rhetoric coming from Washington.”