Backlash after Canada-U.S. border restrictions on non-essential travel extended to July 21
“In coordination with the U.S., we are extending restrictions on non-essential international travel and with the United States until July 21st, 2021,” Blair posted on Twitter Friday morning.
Perrin Beatty, CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said he’s “disappointed but not surprised” by the news, and said he still doesn’t have a clear understanding of what numbers the government needs to see before it will reopen the border.“With today’s announcement, it confirms that it will be easier for fully vaccinated Canadians to fly to Paris and have their summer vacation there than it will be to drive to Buffalo,” Beatty said. “It just flies in the face of science.
Trudeau said it will take 75 per cent of eligible Canadians receiving one dose and 20 per cent fully vaccinated before “we can start loosening things up,” a metric first stated in May by the Public Health Agency of Canada. But according to the website covid19tracker.ca, Canada is nearly there already: 75.15 per cent of eligible Canadians have had one dose and 18.87 per cent are fully vaccinated.
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