Border closings
It is likely that Canada will not reopen the border. It is also quite possible it will not reopen for about 6 months. Not good news. Latest polls show most Canadians do not want it to reopen
Forum Discussion
Guy Roan wrote:
If that is the case; does that mean that the snow birds from Canada won't be able to leave ?
....this only means that Canada can keep out all non-essential travelers arriving by road. That's it. Canadians can still fly out to numerous countries on non-essential travel (including the US and Mexico), providing that the Canadians follow the myriad protocols put into place by countries allowing non-essential travel.
...despite the reciprocal conditional relationship so common entre Canada and, indeed every country on Earth, the US could simply unilaterally "open" their southbound borders to Canadians (under some yet unknown set of protocols; not/or including a saliva test for every entering Canadian, processed at the larger border facilities, in 15 minutes). I can see this happening IF snowbirding destination industries lobby hard enough. Canadians heading south by road meeting some yet unknown US border entry criteria (like having a rental agreement at a snowbird destination for a minimum 1 month period, have valid Canadian-issued covid health insurance, and passing a border saliva test).
But really, who knows what will happen.
