Juno News - May 07, 2021


US politicians push to reopen the Canada-US border


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654

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Would you go to the U.S. right now if you could? It's a conversation that more and more Canadians are having amongst each other, and I think some politicians are getting wind that there's a great economic play for them.

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00:00:00.000 Would you go to the U.S. right now?
00:00:08.660 If you could, it's a conversation that more and more Canadians are having amongst each other.
00:00:13.420 I posted to Twitter the other week that I knew more and more people who were browsing around for U.S. real estate.
00:00:19.240 Ontarians in particular.
00:00:20.940 Ontario was under quite harsh lockdown then.
00:00:23.380 Still is right now.
00:00:24.720 And since then, other regions have faced tighter restrictions.
00:00:27.240 Alberta, for instance.
00:00:28.760 Rules tightening there.
00:00:30.000 More and more Canadians looking at what's happening in the United States and saying,
00:00:33.500 hey, things don't look too bad over there.
00:00:35.700 They're taking much more of a balanced approach.
00:00:38.040 Per capita, some of the states still have greater cases than we have here in Canada,
00:00:42.060 but the restrictions are lighter.
00:00:43.880 For instance, Michigan and Ontario, they have a pretty similar third wave
00:00:47.680 in terms of the trajectory of the cases going up and them going down as well,
00:00:51.720 which they're doing right now in both Michigan and Ontario.
00:00:54.940 Yet in Michigan, the schools have remained open the entire time for in-class learning,
00:00:59.040 yet in Ontario, they have shut down the schools.
00:01:02.260 So more and more people are having these conversations about,
00:01:05.100 wow, I kind of wouldn't mind going to the U.S.
00:01:07.380 I mean, here in Canada, in some jurisdictions, they say, well, maybe there won't be, you know,
00:01:12.040 children's outdoor soccer leagues for small kids second year in a row.
00:01:16.200 Meanwhile, in the U.S., they're getting stuff ready for all of that.
00:01:19.460 So people are talking amongst themselves about, well, we'll be able to go to, you know,
00:01:22.880 upstate New York, for instance, from Ontario.
00:01:25.000 Can we rent a cabin there or rent a vacation property?
00:01:28.300 We'd love to be able to do stuff like that.
00:01:30.420 Well, I think some American politicians are getting wind that there's maybe a great economic play for them.
00:01:35.400 Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, he actually gave press conferences the other day
00:01:39.800 calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop reissuing every month these border closures
00:01:45.580 and work to get the border reopened as quickly and safely as possible.
00:01:51.560 He wants to see the border opened again for non-essential travel.
00:01:55.080 Now, he wasn't saying completely open things, no restrictions.
00:01:57.920 He had a bunch of qualifiers that were put in there to sort of get things started and get the ball rolling.
00:02:02.740 But bottom line, you have this prominent Democratic Senator, not the governor of Texas or Florida or what have you,
00:02:09.560 but a Democratic Senator who's saying, look, we got to get the border reopened.
00:02:15.160 And that's really going to get the conversation going as people in New York State and other states say,
00:02:19.860 yeah, we want to get that border open.
00:02:21.700 A lot of trade, a lot of economic issues going on, a lot of family visits and so forth happening because of that border.
00:02:29.120 And I think you're going to hear a lot more people say, yes, I'd like to see that happen.
00:02:32.480 You're going to hear a lot of people say, no, I don't want to travel at all.
00:02:34.840 I don't want to cross the border.
00:02:36.040 And of course, that is their right.
00:02:37.880 Just because the border is open does not mean you have to do it.
00:02:40.980 Just because travel is allowed or any other thing is allowed doesn't mean you have to take that opportunity for yourself.
00:02:47.740 But as we're seeing, whether it's Chuck Schumer or just parents in Ontario talking amongst each other,
00:02:53.280 there's a whole lot of appetite to, I think, increase the opportunities for people to get out there and do much more,
00:03:00.240 even if it means cross-border opportunities.
00:03:03.000 Thank you so much.
00:03:07.820 So...
00:03:08.180 Let's have a look.
00:03:14.300 Let's look.
00:03:15.980 We are looking.
00:03:17.220 We are looking forward to seeing a few pastries.
00:03:22.340 Now...
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00:03:24.760 Now we have a look like this.
00:03:26.240 We are looking forward imposed by Your interests.
00:03:27.980 You know, obviously, I DID it.