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No matter how convenient and efficient pre-clearance programs might be, they raise challenging questions about Canadian sovereignty and the rights of Canadian citizens.
How the U.S. government shutdown could ripple across tourism and travel.
Numbers for the first quarter of 2025 show no signs of any significant uptick in Americans moving to Canada.
Tougher Canadian border measures in response to Donald Trump’s threats may make crossings more dangerous for migrants.
The CDC’s new rules for bringing dogs into the U.S., in effect Aug. 1, have been revised to make them less onerous. But they highlight the impact of such rules on the well-being of pets and people.
Canada is wasting resources, and legitimacy, conserving species that are not endangered elsewhere. Transparent cross-border considerations should inform all new conservation laws.
The renegotiated Safe Third Country Agreement was politically expedient for Justin Trudeau’s government, but poses real policy and programming challenges.
Migration expert Christina Clark-Kazak explains the devastating consequences of the recent change to the Safe Third Country Agreement made by U.S. President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau.
Canada and the U.S. have effectively decided to crack down on migrants crossing unofficial border points into Canada. Here’s why this approach misses the bigger picture.
Rather than demonize migrants, legislators everywhere should address the issues that force them to migrate.
People don’t give up their right to be mobile or their right to make decisions about their lives simply because they are forced to flee untenable circumstances.
The perishable nature of agri-food products makes any delay at the Canada-U.S. border costly to farmers, businesses and consumers.
Pressure is mounting to reopen the Canada-U.S. border, but there are risks. How well those risks are managed may be the difference between pandemic recovery or a fourth wave of COVID-19.
Current travel restrictions aren’t applied uniformly for air and land travellers. Similar restrictions need to be applied to land border crossings to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its variants.
Canadian government travel restrictions are an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 variants. But vague language around exemptions for medical travel may confuse the physicians who can grant them.
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Associate Professor of History, Carleton University
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Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance; Scientific Co-Director, Bridge Research Consortium, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
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Research Fellow, Pandemics & Borders Project, Simon Fraser University
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Sessional Lecturer, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Regina
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Research Analyst, Survey Manager, Rice University
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Distinguished Scholar and Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
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Canada Research Chair in Critical Border Studies and Associate Professor of Geography and Environment, University of Lethbridge, University of Lethbridge
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Professor of Sociology, University of Manitoba
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Professor and former Director (2015-2025), Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Teaching Faculty, Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University