Canadian business leaders demand plan to reopen borders, economy now

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Business leaders are calling on Ottawa to immediately lay out a comprehensive plan to reopen the economy and international borders along with a vaccine certification process.

At a news conference today, a Canadian travel and tourism roundtable said the federal government must heed advice from its expert advisory panel last month and allow fully vaccinated foreigners into the country.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday he spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden at the G7 summit about easing border restrictions, but gave no hints that a timeline or other specifics have been settled on.Perrin Beatty, chief executive of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, says Canada is a G7 "outlier" in failing to provide a fully-fledged reopening plan that includes vaccination rates and other criteria.

The tourism and airline sectors have lost billions over the past 15 months amid ongoing travel advisories and border closures due to the pandemic. The government took a cautious first step last week when it announced that Canadian citizens and permanent residents who have received two vaccine doses and who test negative for COVID-19 will likely be exempt from two weeks' self-isolation, including hotel quarantines, starting early next month.

The U.S.-Canada border closure, in place since March 20 and renewed monthly, is currently set to expire next Monday.

 

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Covid is not going to any where we have to live our life with covid19 if thing's are under control and people are getting vaccinated so its time to open every thing life have to move on

Well they can shut up too

salons ..casinos...not even open yet so why open borders

Open the Boarders!

The Canadian people say ‘No’.

Keep it closed, alot of people are still waiting for their second shot.

I have money to spend. I’m fully vaccinated. Once I get to my cottage I don’t have to leave till I head back over the border. To not open is stupid.

The border was never closed. Canadians could leave and come back to Canada as they please. The punishment to Canadians is ever having left Canada in the first place. While the rest of the world welcomes tourist dollars, Canada remains hell-bent of rejecting it ...

Leave it closed.

About time!

Good. It’s time for a plan—not just for the economy, but for families. I guarantee if more Canadians had families on the other side of the border they’d be fighting for this a lot more. Meanwhile Trudeau travels to Europe and no one says anything 🤷‍♀️

Demand? Awww..... That's cute......

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