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’A MADNESS IN THE AIR': Trump’s threats unleash patriotic wave among Canadians

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U.S. President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his anti-Canadian rhetoric since taking office.

People are sharing lists of products made in Canada and posting about cancelling trips to the United States .

At professional hockey and basketball games on the weekend , the American national anthem was booed.

A Leger online poll that surveyed 1,520 Canadians between Dec. 6 and 9 , found just 13 per cent wanted Canada to become part of the United.

Trump ’s on-again, off-again threats are likely to leave emotional scars on Canadians , professor says.

Carmen Celestini , religious studies lecturer at the University of Waterloo , says people are on edge.

“I don’t think that fear will go away easily,” she says.