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Re:Canadian Devs Are Backing Out of Attending GDC by StayTrue on Sunday March 16, 2025 @06:46PM (#43383288)
Do you feel an injustice has been perpetrated against you? The Canadian attitude towards admission vis a vis DUI convictions predates the first Trump administration by a lot.

OTOH Victoria schoolchildren used to do cross border field trips. They ended the practice during the Trump Muslim ban to avoid trauma to kids.

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Re:Canadian Devs Are Backing Out of Attending GDC by linotype on Monday March 17, 2025 @12:42PM (#43390355)
And this predated the Trump administration. Just seems hypocritical that other countries are allowed to police their border crossing but the US isn’t.
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Re:Canadian Devs Are Backing Out of Attending GDC by BLKNSLVR on Monday March 17, 2025 @10:15PM (#43395082)
I doubt anyone here is saying that.

It's that the rhetoric coming from Trump which, through significant threats to the on-going employment of anyone deemed to be not enthusiastically complying with these daily-updated mandates, increases the likelihood of un-justified "bad thing" happening upon attempting to cross the border to the US.

Basically, the current regime makes it unpredictable, which increases risk. Increased risk = decreased likelihood of related action.

I'm not sure how far off topic we've gone, but "Canadian Devs backing out of attending GDC" would also have a protest aspect to it due to DJT's belligerence towards Canada.

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