
Trudeau speaks on border reopening, expansion of Canada Emergency Business Account
OTTAWA, ON – Canada’s Prime Minister says it will be a while before the U.S.-Canada border reopens.
In his COVID-19 briefing this morning, April 16, Trudeau said it will be “many weeks” before the two countries can loosen restrictions that are keeping the border closed to everything except for goods and a small number of essential workers.
An agreement between Canada and the United States to limit border crossings is set to expire in days.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he’s eager to start returning to normal life, even as his country grapples with the world’s biggest outbreak of COVID-19.