Category: canadian border

US Is Holding Nexus Trusted-Traveller Program ‘Hostage,’ Canadian Envoy Says

October 13, 2022
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Canada’s envoy to the United States says the cross-border Nexus trusted-traveller program is being “held hostage” by a U.S. effort to renegotiate the 20-year-old agreement. Kirsten Hillman made the comments at a daylong summit on Canada-U.S. border issues taking place at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The 13 enrolment centres in Canada, jointly staffed…

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End Vaccination Mandate at Canada-US Border, New York Senator Urges White House

October 5, 2022
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A prominent New York senator is joining the ranks of American lawmakers who want the White House to end vaccination rules at the Canada-U.S. land border. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Brian Higgins, Democrats both, have written to urge President Joe Biden to “reciprocate” Canada’s new COVID-19 border policy. Gillibrand says businesses, hospitals and medical…

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Data Breach at Border Agency Contractor Involved up to 1.38 Million Licence Plates

September 29, 2022
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The federal privacy watchdog says a data breach at a contractor for Canada’s border agency involved as many as 1.38 million licence plate images and associated information. In a report detailing its investigation, the privacy commissioner’s office cites inconsistencies in the way the Canada Border Services Agency managed licence plate information and a lack of…

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency Raises Alarm as Spotted Lanternfly Pest Nears Border

September 26, 2022
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is asking Canadians to keep an eye out for an invasive bug that could spell disaster for the country’s wineries and fruit growers. The spotted lanternfly is a pest native to China that has been making inroads in the United States since 2014. Thus far, the small grey-and-red insect with…

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NDP MP Brian Masse Calls on MPs to Protest Feds’ Use of ArriveCan App

July 26, 2022
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New Democrat MP Brian Masse is calling on parliamentarians to “speak up” against the continued use of ArriveCan at Canadian borders, saying the app will “destroy” the country’s tourism sector. Launched by the federal government in November 2020, the ArriveCan app was created as a COVID-19 screening measure that ensures arrivals are vaccinated, as well…

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