{"id":15228,"date":"2025-02-05T20:26:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T20:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/act-with-class-canada-u-s-to-battle-in-womens-hockey-amid-anthem-booing\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T20:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T20:26:53","slug":"act-with-class-canada-u-s-to-battle-in-womens-hockey-amid-anthem-booing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/act-with-class-canada-u-s-to-battle-in-womens-hockey-amid-anthem-booing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Act with class\u2019: Canada, U.S. to battle in women\u2019s hockey amid anthem booing"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Canada and the United States are set to battle in women\u2019s hockey<\/a> during a tense time that has seen fans boo the singing of the American anthem at sporting events.<\/p>\n

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The two nations will face off on Thursday in Halifax as part of the Rivalry Series \u2014 a five-game series put on by Hockey Canada and USA Hockey that wraps up Saturday in Prince Edward Island.<\/p>\n

The Halifax match \u2014 the first in Canada since the series began in November \u2014 will be played at a time when political tensions between Washington and Ottawa reach new highs.<\/p>\n

Those tensions, started by U.S. President Donald Trump, have spilled into professional sports with fans vocalizing their disapproval of the Trump administration\u2019s actions on Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely an interesting time, and I haven\u2019t taken too much time to form an opinion either way, but I know there\u2019s been games where fans have booed during the other nation\u2019s national anthem,\u201d Canada forward Blayre Turnbull said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t know if that would happen in Halifax. The magnitude of this game is bigger than politics right now. I think the fans and all the young kids in the stands are going to be so over the moon, excited and overjoyed to have the opportunity to watch us play that I don\u2019t foresee any booing taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s threats of 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian imports is what started the riff. Trump said he would impose those tariffs over border security issues, and then over a trade deficit, and then over a supposed restriction of U.S. banks being able to do business in Canada, which is false.<\/p>\n

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Trump also said he would impose those tariffs on his first day as president through an executive order, only to instead order a review of the trading relationship before saying he would impose them anyways on Feb. 1. On that day, Trump signed an executive order for the tariffs to be imposed on Feb. 3.<\/p>\n

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Before that day came, Canadian political leaders announced a series of retaliatory measures, and at the eleventh hour, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced those tariffs would be put on hold for a month while the two countries iron out a number of issues.<\/p>\n