Trudeau Gets Leeway From Voters on Slower U.S. Border Reopening

  • 48% tell Angus Reid restrictions should stay until September
  • But public opinion could shift on accelerating vaccine push
Canada Starts Mapping Out Plan to Reopen U.S. Border
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Justin Trudeau is beginning to sketch out a plan to reopen the U.S. border, but Canadians don’t appear keen to rush it. And when travel does resume, they overwhelmingly agree proof of vaccination should be mandatory.

Nearly half of respondents in an Angus Reid Institute poll released Wednesday said the world’s longest undefended frontier should remain closed until at least September. More than three quarters said they would support a vaccine passport.