Canada has no plans to pressure the U.S. to follow its lead in easing measures at the border.
Canada will allow fully vaccinated Americans to across for non-essential reasons on August 9, but restrictions at the U.S. border are staying in place.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s not our place to ask them to change.
“We will work with them to make sure that we’re coordinating as best as possible, but Canada is not going to, anymore, dictate what the U.S. should be doing around its border policy than we would accept the U.S. to dictate to us around our border policy,” says Trudeau.
Trudeau adds it is each of the respective governments’ responsibility is to keep their citizens safe, and that’s what is going to guide future decisions both in Canada and the U.S.
He notes both countries have taken different paths in dealing with the pandemic since day one.
