‘We just don’t know:’ some MPs with border ridings unsure if non-essential travel will be allowed by new year, but none in any rush to open Canada-U.S. border

'I think Canadians are learning to live with a closed border,' says NDP MP Richard Cannings, predicting that about 80 per cent of his constituents want to see it closed 'for the foreseeable future.'

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has been stickhandling some of the discussions around the Canada-U.S. border closure, which has been shut to non-essential travel since March. Some MPs with border ridings say the closure may continue into the new year.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

August 17, 2020

As Ottawa continues to measure COVID-19 outbreaks on a monthly basis to guide its decisions on limiting non-essential travel, some MPs with border ridings say that approach allows for flexibility in an ever-changing pandemic, and they are not hopeful there will be any changes until the new year. Sp...

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