Ad of the Day: Air Canada Sends Response Videos to Trump-Wary Americans on Twitter

Thinking of fleeing north? Give Canada a test-drive first

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Move to Canada? Who'd want to do that, especially with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee working so darn hard to make America great again? 

Besides, you don't even know whether you'd like it there. Canadians wear flannel year round and speak a strange language (eh?). It's almost like an entirely different country.

In a new digital campaign from J. Walter Thompson, Air Canada helpfully suggests taking a "Test Drive" first, inviting folks on a visit to sample what the Great White North has to offer:

They use the metric system in Canada? Isn't that where you measure distance in years and vice versa?

"The unprecedented interest in moving to Canada presented a powerful social context to make Air Canada more relevant to American travelers," JWT creative director David Federico tells AdFreak.

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