Canada's two Trump towers facing troubles

[highplainsdem]

Source: BBC News

In Vancouver, the developer of a new Trump Tower has been under pressure for months to drop the Republican presidential candidate's name from the project. Meanwhile, the Trump Tower in Toronto is the subject of a lawsuit after facing years of controversy.

Donald Trump's controversial run for US president is having an impact on his businesses in Canada and knock-on effects for those who have partnered with his brand.

The opening date for the Vancouver hotel has been delayed until 2017, well after November's US election. A contest offering a chance to meet with the Trump family for the grand opening caused a stir.

Across the country, the Toronto building, which opened in 2012, has been the target of a lawsuit by small investors who claim they were misled into buying into the project. Its developer, Talon Development Inc, has tried to remove the Trump name from the troubled hotel and condominium complex.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37708665?ocid=socialflow_twitter

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the article adds that Trump's name and image have been removed from a golf complex in Dubai, and the developers of Trump Towers Istanbul are also trying to distance themselves from the Trump brand.

Much more about the Canadian developments at the link

[Canoe52]

2. couldn't happen to a nicer guy!

[okaawhatever]

3. A preview of Trump foreign policy nt

[SunSeeker]

5. K & R

[LiberalLovinLug]

6. No way he'll ever get to stamp his name on one of our buildings here in Vancouver

I'll make sure of it.

[Nitram]

7. Dump finally learned that not all publicity is good publicty. His brand has been...

...permanently tarnished, the thin gold plating on his products has worn off to reveal the brass underneath.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. Brass?

Pot metal, maybe. Brass has more quality.

[Nitram]

15. Cheap silver plated silverware used to be made of brass.

[awoke_in_2003]

16. Ah, got ya. nt

[Nitram]

17. He also acts like he has brass balls, but we all know that' not possible...

[RussBLib]

8. pinhead should have never run for office

how stupid can you be to think everything you have done will not come under scrutiny?

How self-absorbed do you have to be to think you can skate into the Oval Office?

[Puzzler]

9. Vancouver is close to my city...

... if that dispicable name is still on this building by the time (hopefully) Clinton gets inaugurated... I will proudly go to my neighbouring city, and protest with other progressives, and ALL clear-thinking people, in the strongest and loudest possible way... to get the name TR*MP removed!!!!!!!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

11. Even businesses in Muslim countries

(Not known for their respect of women) are distancing from tRump

[Monk06]

14. Just get his name out of my city that's all I ask