Strategies for Easing Non-Essential Travel Restrictions at the Canada-US Border

Location: Webinar

Description:

The Canada-US border was closed to non-essential travel for thirty days on March 21, 2020. These restrictions have been serially renewed, most recently through August 21, 2020. This has resulted in a great deal of hardship among cross-border families, people with property interests in both countries, important (albeit non-essential) business travelers, and the retail and tourism sectors which rely on cross-border business.

Despite having been in place for almost five months, there has been little public progress towards describing what a border-opening decision would require.

This presentation will identify critical issues affected by the current situation, and review available procedures, which might be useful in allowing safe and efficient crossings in the foreseeable future.

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Host:

Mark R. High, President, Canada-US Business Association, and Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Detroit, MI

Moderator:

Christopher Sands, Director of the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute, Washington, DC

Panelists:

– Marta Leardi-Anderson, Executive Director, Cross-Border Institute, University of Windsor
– Kathryn Bryk Friedman, Ph.D., Esq., Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
– Laurie Trautman, Director, Border Policy Research Institute, Western Washington University
– Craig Turner, President, World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara
– Rakesh Naidu, President, Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber
– Andrea Van Vugt, Global Director, Harper & Associates