Posted on 03/26/2020 12:21:47 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Ottawa (AFP) - Canada opposes the United States sending troops to its northern frontier to catch border jumpers who may be carrying the COVID-19 virus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
The prime minister was commenting on a report by Global News that said White House officials are discussing such a military deployment to help spot anyone trying to cross the recently closed border, the world's longest at 8,900 kilometers (5,500 miles).
It was temporarily shut as of Saturday to all non-essential travellers on both sides, but not cross-border trade.
"Canada and the United States have the longest unmilitarized border in the world. And it is very much in both of our interests for it to remain that way. We have been in discussions with the United States on this," Trudeau told a daily briefing.
He said his administration has highlighted that the flow of people and trade across the 49th parallel "has benefited our two countries and our economies tremendously. And we feel that it needs to remain that way."
An estimated 400,000 people and $2 billion worth of goods normally would cross the border each day. That has obviously dropped off since travel restrictions were put in place to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
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Covidiot
They are there to prevent PM MiniMe from sneaking in.
Oh, Canada..!
I am sure that will impress the New York upstate people.
What is he/she going to do about it?
Why are liberals such fidiots?
Castro bastard son has an opinion....
The Right Honourable Pajama Boy
If all those Canadians can’t come down here to get medical care he’s gonna have a real problem on his hands...
JudyinCanada objects to this jackass being a woke wuss and holding the highest office (or any office) in Canada. So far my objections have gone unnoticed, as I hope do his/hers/its/whatever of the 64 genders it is.
When we banned Chinese nationals flying in - largely to Washington state and California - Trudeau let them fly in to Vancouver, BC and drive into Washington state.
Of course we need to close our border to a government with such bad behavior.
Skippy needs to tend to his own knittin’ and let Trump do his job on this side of the border.
Shut up, girly-man.
He objects?
Gee, that’s a real shame. /s
Like we care what he objects to.
Shut up Justine, you ignorant fop.
Justine trueDOH speaks. TFB. If they’re on our side then he doesn’t get a say.
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