OPINION The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border Justin Ling: The public is distrustful of a reopening and the Liberals are ill-prepared. It doesn't bode well for a return to normal anytime soon. By Justin Ling June 21, 2021 Three generations of...
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OPINION The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border Justin Ling: The public is distrustful of a reopening and the Liberals are ill-prepared. It doesn't bode well for a return to normal anytime soon. By Justin Ling June 21, 2021 Three generations of the Nunnikhoven family including those who live in Aldergrove, B.C. (left) and those who live in Lynden, Wash. (right) spend Mother's Day together separated by a ditch along the Canada-U.S. border on May 10, 2020 (Darryl Dyck/CP) The Trudeau government is keeping shut the U.S-Canada border for the foreseeable future, with no clear end date in place nor with any metrics on when, and how, the border will reopen. Nothing will change about the border measures at all until July 5, when fully-vaccinated travellers coming into Canada will no longer have to quarantine, providing they test negative for the virus when crossing. It’s a painfully minor development that appears fundamentally at odds with the reality on the ground in the United Sta
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