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
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moisheh wrote:
Canada managed to handle those returning snow birds this past season. But that is moot. Canada cannot prevent you from leaving.
With the slowdown in border crossings we are paying for border employees who are probably spending the day watching Tik Tok.
From a purely technical point, they absolutely CAN prevent you from leaving. The part most people forget about is that things like drivers licenses, license plates, and in this case, PASSPORTS are not “yours”, they are issued to you, but they are the property of the government. They must be surrendered on request.
If push comes to shove, you’re not getting into the US without a passport.
As for the customs employees, I don’t know if they’re on furlough, or laid off, or what, but the customs office was a ghost town this afternoon.
Not that it’s an official word in any way, but I asked the US CBP officer I dealt with this morning about a potential reopening, her reply was ‘Don’t hold your breathe, it ain’t gonna happen ANYTIME soon.’.
