Land border closed to Canada

MPI_Mallard wrote:
We open our land border to the U.S. to "non-essential" visitors so they can look after their owned property here in Canada but we can't do the same for our owned property we own in the U.S.,, sure we can fly over but we can't drive across in our RV's and other than protecting the airline industry I simply can't see how it's safer to stuff a couple of hundred people into a aluminum tube with a closed ventilation system opposed to me and my wife going through your border in our truck and driving down to Florida??

As someone in both the aviation industry and an avid RV’er I can tell you, the reasons are absolutely logical.

Actually it’s almost more logistical than logical.

People being at an airport, distant from the border, with lots of parking, seating, washrooms, food concessions, etc, etc, several hours before their flight is normal. There is ample time, space and staff for vetting travellers.

I’m sure everyone here has crossed the border during a busy time and had a short wait.

Now imagine what a disaster it would be if all of a sudden every land crossing (with no food, water, washrooms) was backed up due to far greater scrutiny, trying turn inadmissible travellers around, secondary jammed with clearing up paperwork SNAFU’s, etc, etc.

It would be a nightmare, very likely also affecting the very required truck traffic.