NSTworld The Canada-US border is expected to close to non-essential travel by Saturday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
“We are continuing to work on the fine-tuning of the agreement between Canada the United States, I think it’s almost there,” Trudeau told a news conference Thursday from his home.
“My understanding is that the measure will probably come into place in the night between Friday and Saturday, so in about a day and a half,” Trudeau said on Thursday.The measure follows similar US moves to bar visitors from most of Europe, China and other parts of the world as its number of coronavirus cases surges.
Her deputy, Howard Njoo, added that “border measures are one component, one layer of a multi-layered system,” but that they alone won’t stop the introduction of a virus into the country.”“Essential border crossings will not be impeded, trade between our two countries will not be impeded,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said.
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