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#ThisMatters: Should the Canada/US border stay closed, as COVID cases continue to surge south of the border?

Most Cdns say: keep it locked down. But how long will it last? Washington bureau chief @thekeenanwire and I talk for today's episode thestar.com/podcasts/thism…

Canada & the US's curves are going in opposite directions. Our closest ally has one of the worst records in the world...and it's getting worse
- 3 million confirmed cases
- Avg'ing 50,000 new cases/day
- 130,000+ deaths

Does Canada want to open itself up to that?

American passports aren't welcome in the EU or in Canada at the moment. As @thekeenanwire mentions in the podcast -- that's actually part of a larger Trump admin policy of isolation

So we try to answer the big questions for this episode: How long will the closure go on for? 6 months? A year?

What would it look like if it eventually does open?

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