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GOP lawmakers urge Dem leaders to vote on bill forcing Canadian border open
NY Post ^ | 01 September 2021 | Callie Patteson

Posted on 09/02/2021 2:34:48 AM PDT by blueplum

Two GOP lawmakers are urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to push forward a bill that would reopen the Canadian border for non-essential travel, to “revitalize American jobs and tourism.”

While the Canadian border is expected to remain closed until Sept. 21, Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) argued Wednesday that it is “past time” for Congress to take action and provide help to those who rely on cross-border business.

“The reduction in cross-border traffic has had a significant impact on local economies along the northern border, including agriculture, small businesses, and tourism,” the two wrote. “These industries are the lifeblood ...

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TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: allies; border; canada; canadianborder; pandemic; trade; travel
are the Canadians even talking to us after Afghanistan? open the border!
1 posted on 09/02/2021 2:34:48 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Actually, much of the anger is directed against True-dope, as he left approximately 1,250 Canadians and their families in Afghanistan. He pulled all CAF personnel, sent there to extricate our people, out of Afghanistan on the 27th of August, days before Biden surrendered, time that could have been used to get more people out.

Many Canadians understand that his early withdrawal was purely political, in that during an election, he did not want headlines reading that ‘several CAF personnel killed during rescue attempt in Afghanistan’. So Canadian citizenship is worth as much to True-dope as American citizenship does to XiJinBiden.


2 posted on 09/02/2021 4:28:58 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: blueplum

urging, funny, oh please ms. Pelosi. Feckless douchbags


3 posted on 09/02/2021 4:42:13 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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