The U.S.-Canada border will stay closed to nonessential American travelers until at least early July
A car heads into the U.S. from Canada at the Peace Arch border crossing Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Blaine, Wash. | Elaine Thompson/AP PhotoOTTAWA — , a senior Canadian official tells POLITICO.
“They’ll look at what makes sense for each country,” another senior Canadian official told POLITICO earlier this week about the anticipated conversation. “There’s already very active discussions going on on each side of the border and there’s a commitment in the roadmap to be coordinated about the border. All that stuff is moving pretty quickly, frankly.”
The public health restrictions have had economic and social consequences. The shutdowns have hurt struggling tourism industries along the frontier and loved ones who have been separated for more than a year.Canada’s step-by-step approach: When asked about timelines for tourists and business people, Hajdu said the Trudeau government is looking at metrics that are “less data-oriented and more disease-activity oriented.”
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