Lack of Canada-U.S. planning contributed to uncertainty over border reopening, say observers

Following Canada's announcement that it will reopen its border to fully vaccinated Americans, U.S. political pressure has repositioned its focus on the White House.

While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured far right, and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, second from right, announced the border would reopen to fully vaccinated U.S. travellers on Aug. 9, U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have yet to announce when Canadians can cross the land border. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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BY NEIL MOSS

July 28, 2021

With delta variant concerns rising and a need to manage the borders to its north and south, a potential reopening of the American land border to non-essential Canadian travellers remains unclear, say researchers and former diplomats, which has been hampered by neither Canada nor the U.S. announcing ...

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