For Canadians it must be like watching the US morph into Brazil, across their southern border.
By JANICE DICKSON
More than eight in 10 Canadians say the Canada-U.S. border should remain closed to non-essential travellers for the foreseeable future, according to a new Nanos Research survey.
Most travel across the border was halted on March 21 for a 30-day period in an effort to stem the transmission of the novel coronavirus.
The survey suggests that there is strong support across regions and age groups for keeping the border closed.
“The response is actually quite surprising considering we are a border country that relies on the United States for our livelihood … [it] suggests that Canadians have a very high level of anxiety about what’s happening in the pandemic in the United States,” Pollster Nik Nanos said.
Mr. Nanos said Canadians see the potential worsening of the pandemic in the U.S. and that the situation south of the border needs to improve before they will feel comfortable opening the border.
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada handled the novel coronavirus outbreak better than many of its allies, including the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, in a rare public comment on the faltering U.S. effort.
I live about 40 miles from the Canadian border, which is situated to the north and to the west of my island home. This border closure makes my world a lot smaller.