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Canadian Border Now Fully Open
On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]
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Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]
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US Land Border Opens to Canadians
After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]
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When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?
On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]
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Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]
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Having some fun now! Trudeau at the PIFI hearing, and Harris on Fox News
Posted October 17, 2024 by Anonymous
First, Trudeau testified at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference hearings today. Trudeau was supposed to be embarassed, bumbling, and exposed by this inquiry – but instead, it was Poilievre who found himself stumbling — unfit to…
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Today’s News: Quick Takes on Trudeau, Poilievre, the House of Commons, Harris, Trump, the US Election, and Brexit
Posted October 16, 2024 by Anonymous
Just a few Quick Takes – some stuff worth reading tonight:TrudeauMy latest: This is not a diplomatic spat โ itโs state terrorism, and Canada is right to call it out https://t.co/GZGbDh6kNU pic.twitter.com/jOYXwM6RyMโ Andrew Coyne ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ (@acoyne) O…
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Today’s News: Extraordinary warning about threats from India
Posted October 15, 2024 by Anonymous
Well, I was going to put up a light-hearted post tonight about Thanksgiving – cartoons, nice stories, etc. But then this happened:
RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme told a news conference in Ottawa that the force decided to take the โextraordinar…
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Today’s News: Freaking Out about the Presidential Polls
Posted October 14, 2024 by Anonymous
https://www.270towin.com/mpThree weeks to go and the Presidential polls are freaking everyone out:If you are noticing that the only national polls Trump is leading in are the ones taken by a single far-right polling outfit known to be run by a Tr…
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Today’s News: Oh for f**ks sake, why would Trudeau step down NOW?
Posted October 12, 2024 by Anonymous
Lots of news today about how a group of unnamed Liberal back-benchers are supposedly organizing to get Trudeau to resign as party leader. Yeah, sure — whose bright idea was that?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face mounting pressure from his…
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Imaginary News
Posted October 11, 2024 by Anonymous
We have all heard now about Fake News – see also Truthiness, Alternative Facts, and Mis-information.
Now, we’re hearing “imaginary news” –Weโve all become desensitized, but itโs amazing how at this point the Trump campaign rests entirely on denouncin…
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Interviews with Harris and Walz
Posted October 10, 2024 by Anonymous
Harris and Waltz are doing media all over this week (except tne New York Times
and Politico, and
boy are they pissed!)ย
and Politico, and
boy are they pissed!)ย
Anyway, here are some good clips:ย
From Howard Stern:
How Howard Stern ended his interview with Kamala Harris: โI think you’d be a great president. You’re compassionate. I love your experience as a prosecutor and I want to thank you. I love you as Vice President. I want to encourage anyone who thinks similarly to me to vote.” pic.twitter.com/73SmGO2xo4
โ Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 9, 2024
From Colbert:
This was Stephen Colbert’s opening monologue tonight of his interview with VP Kamala Harris. Holy shit. ๐คฃ๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/zIWVpvZswc
โ Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) October 9, 2024
“They know how to pronounce my name!” — rockstar reception tonight for
Kamala Harris on The Late Show With Stephen Colbertโ Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.bsky.social)
October 8, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Even the band is excited!
And yes, she drinks beer:ย ย
From The View:
Iโve seen people suggesting this is a pitch to seniors and, while it is in a way, the real target of this are their kids.
Theyโre the ones who would otherwise have to shoulder the financial burden on their own and/or personally provide the care for their elderly parents themselves.
โ Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) October 8, 2024 at 4:06 PM
From the 60 Minutes interview:
โYou will not hear about how he is going to try to bring the country
together, find common ground,โ Harris continues. โThat is why I believe in
my soul and heart; the American people are ready to turn the page.โ
https://t.co/JfQu4Yz4cqโ 60 Minutes (@60Minutes)
October 8, 2024
My background is in law enforcement. Yes, I own a glock.pic.twitter.com/gTbjrEMCPA
โ Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris)
October 8, 2024
Bill Whitaker presses Vice President Kamala Harris on President Bidenโs
recent crackdown on asylum seekers as part of a policy shift on border
crossings, and on whether the Biden administration should have taken those
steps sooner. https://t.co/l85soF5tG7
pic.twitter.com/XNnCKNnaWSโ 60 Minutes (@60Minutes)
October 8, 2024
60 Minutes’ Bill Whitaker: “How are you going to get [your economic plan]
through Congress?”VP Harris: “When you talk quietly with a lot
of folks in Congress, they know exactly what I’m talking about because their
constituents…are those firefighters and teachers and nurses.”
pic.twitter.com/w8JS6dUDT4โ The Recount (@therecount)
October 7, 2024
Kamala Harris fact checking the reporter here is everything
pic.twitter.com/UvyNeobdauโ Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko)
October 8, 2024
Q: What do you say to those who say Minnesota is out of step?
Gov. Walz: Trump may be referring to the fact that our children get breakfast and lunch in school so that they can learn. He may be talking about the fact that we have a paid family and medical leave policy that wasโฆ pic.twitter.com/cXFA22UF35
โ Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 8, 2024
Trump cancelled – he is too addled now to survive an interview with an actual
journalist:
For more than half a century, the major party candidates for president have
sat down with 60 Minutes. This year, Vice President Kamala Harris and former
President Donald Trump accepted our invitation. Unfortunately, last week
Trump canceled.
https://t.co/7t5jr5nyFJ
pic.twitter.com/VDJDDNYFabโ 60 Minutes (@60Minutes)
October 8, 2024
VP Harris says since Donald Trump canceled his interview with 60 Minutes,
voters should watch his rallies instead. โYou’re going to hear conversations
that are about himself and all of his personal grievances,โ she said. โWhat
you will not hear is anything about you.โ
pic.twitter.com/fdESLU5vKuโ 60 Minutes (@60Minutes)
October 8, 2024
Harris on Call Her Daddy:
Well said response here from VP Harris. Listen to her whole answer. What she
says about the power of words and truth is also incredibly important.
@AdamParkhomenko
https://t.co/iKDzqTFesrโ Maria Shriver (@mariashriver)
October 7, 2024
This is such an amazing answer from Kamala Harris on Sarah Huckabee Sanders
insulting her โI don’t think she understands that there are a whole lot of
women out here who are not aspiring to be humble. This is not the 1950s
anymore.โ Spot on.
pic.twitter.com/AjtDAhQVcvโ Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson)
October 6, 2024
For those asking why Harris went on Call Her Daddy, NPR obtained audience
data on the show from Edison Research:– 70% women
– 76%
under 35 (93% under 45)
– 48% Democrat / 24% Republican / 20%
Independent
– 34% live in the south / 24% west / 22% northeast / 20%
midwest https://t.co/OaoIZyrDo1โ Elena Moore (@ElenaMMoore)
October 7, 2024
And Harris definitely does not shy away from calling out disrespect:
Reporter: There are reports that DeSantis is ignoring your calls..
Kamala
Harris: Playing political games at this momentโฆIt’s utterly irresponsible
and it is selfish and it is about political gamesmanship instead of doing
the job that you took an oath to do
pic.twitter.com/lySDD98xO9โ Acyn (@Acyn)
October 7, 2024
Walz on Jimmy Kimmel:
“Supervise a high school lunch room, you’re either an optimists or you’re
dead…I plan on waking up on November 6th with ‘Madame President'” –
@Tim_Walz on
@JimmyKimmelLive.Come for the eternal optimism, stay for the charming stories
about how teaching compares to politics:
pic.twitter.com/tP3BTq6tzBโ Matt Corridoni (@mattcorridoni)
October 8, 2024
Speaking of interviews, here’s another one — Elon and Tucker, if you can
believe it:
A monster inside a moron wrapped in a fascist.
https://t.co/887Lqj1SRcโ David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf)
October 8, 2024
If that’s not motivation to get out and vote for Harris & Walz, I don’t
know what is…
https://t.co/UgOTmWhkfgโ Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann)
October 7, 2024
Also, this:
If you think the lies and distortions and know-nothing takes about FEMA are
bad, just wait until this time next month.โ Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta)
October 5, 2024
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Now there’s something you don’t see every day!
Posted October 9, 2024 by Anonymous
Some odds and sods and bizarre news: Oh, yeah — I forgot
So today was the day everyone who had been Covid vaccinated was supposed to die.Everyone ok?โ RS Archer (@archer_rs) October 4, 2024
What people will remember from Bob Woodward’s newest b…
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Evacuating Eden
Posted October 8, 2024 by Anonymous
…They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow,
Through Eden took their solitary way.
– John Milton, Paradise Lost
I was going to do a post tonight on the Harris and Walz interviews, but the situation with Hurricane Milton is just too dire. Th…
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Today’s News: Truanons and Nuremberg 2.0 and understanding the damn question
Posted October 7, 2024 by Anonymous
So on Saturday this happened:Angus Reid reposts a doctored video that misquotes the PM as if it’s reality and we’re supposed to accept his company’s poll results are believable? I have a bridge to sell you if you believe a single thing that company put…
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Long Reads: The rise of stupidity; The analytic failures of the Russia-Ukraine War; and how presidential polls are always wrong
Posted October 6, 2024 by Anonymous
Last night I posted some long threads; tonight, I have several interesting “long reads” on topics I have frequently discussed on this blog: The Stupid, It Burns!
Substack writer Black Cloud Six writes The New Normal: Living in the Age of S…
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Long threads: best baseball announcers, North Carolina angels, hopeful happenings, boys will be boys, and some really big things
Posted October 5, 2024 by Anonymous
Here are some long threads that I liked. This is a lengthy post because I am including many of the tweets from these threads — a reader told me once that people who aren’t on X anymore aren’t allowed to read their posts now. So first up, wit…
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Today’s Comment: Boomers “are the most coddled political constituency”
Posted October 4, 2024 by Anonymous
In his column tonight, Bribes (Between The Lines Of Age) The LPC’s Correct Tactical Choice, Evan Scrimshaw is writing about the Liberal decision to vote against the Bloc motion to raise Old Age Security and he gives us this gem of a paragraph. I h…
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Busy busy busy! Here’s some stuff about Trudeau, the Jack Smith report, the US election, the Russia-Ukraine War
Posted October 3, 2024 by Anonymous
I have a feeling that things are going to just be crazy for the next five weeks. Tonight I am reading about a whole bunch of things — the pressure on Trudeau to do something something, the Jack Smith bombshell report, the dark underside of the US…
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Today’s News: “A damning non-answer”
Posted October 2, 2024 by Anonymous
WALZ: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?
VANCE: Tim, I’m focused on the future
WALZ: That’s a damning non-answer[image or embed]โ Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.bsky.social) October 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Wallace: JD Vance was still unable to say that …
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Today’s News: Remembering for Orange Shirt Day
Posted October 1, 2024 by Anonymous
The Scream, by Kent Monkman The RCMP came in. My mom was trembling. The rcmp took me from my mother’s lap. (I believe it is called abuction today. ) They took me to the airport. I don’t remember, may be we walked to the airport. I would not …
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Some music to enjoy
Posted September 30, 2024 by Anonymous
We saw Jelly Roll on SNL and this song is remarkable:”Nobody walks through these doors on a winning streak” I loved this too!
My husband saw a presentation from Playing For Change one year at Million Dollar Round Table –…
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Today’s News: Hurricane Helene
Posted September 29, 2024 by Anonymous
This is terrible. We’re been following the Hurricane Helene stories – its hard to imagine what these people are going through:At least 56 dead and millions without power after Helene’s deadly march across U.S. southeast https://t.co/C0l6mQTPxoโ CTV Sas…
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Happy Saturday! Here’s some fun stuff about politics, golf, librarian spies, getting older, and cool maps
Posted September 28, 2024 by Anonymous
First, just a glance at politics:WHO DID THIS?? ๐ฆ pic.twitter.com/ihJmPT8fmQโ Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) September 13, 2024
This should get an award for hilarious description of the GOP these days:
Correct. The GOP has not only ceded the moral high…
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Poilievre and the “sore winner syndrome”
Posted September 27, 2024 by Anonymous
I’m trying to think whether there was any time in modern history that Canadians elected a Prime Minister they didn’t actually like.ย
Conservatives seem to have a pattern of finding unlikeable leaders — Diefenbaker, Stanfield, Scheer come to mind — but in our recent history, only those Tory leaders who appeared personable on TV were ever elected to lead a government – like Clark, Mulroney, Harper the kitten whisperer.ย
(Yes, I know Diefenbaker was PM in the early 1960s, but as soon as people started seeing him on TV, he lost to Pearson.)
And Poilievre definitely falls into the “unlikeable” category, even in spite of his makeover, to anyone who catches Question Period on TV.
Cult Mtl’s Matthew Renfrew writes Poilievreโs poor favourability will cost the Conservatives come election time
A new study by the Angus Reid Institute has found that net favourability of Pierre Poilievre has reached its lowest point in over a year, at -16%. Just 36% of Canadians have a positive opinion of the Conservative Party of Canada leader.A previous study by Lรฉger also found that, while the Conservatives are leading in the polls, just 26% of Canadians believe Pierre Poilievre is the best choice for prime minister.
The fact remains that Pierre Poilievre is just not that likeable. He rubs most Canadians the wrong way and a large majority donโt want to see him become prime minister.
As a result, support for the Conservatives will decrease as the election approaches, and as more light is shed on right-wing foreign interference scandals.
Toronto Star’s Susan Delacourt writes Pierre Poilievre acts as if thereโs power in being unlikeable. Itโs not a good look
…Conservatives appear to be trying everything this fall to turn their poll lead into eventual election victory, with the exception of one force in politics โ likeability.Nothing in Pierre Poilievreโs repertoire in the Commons the past two weeks has been aimed at making people like him, beyond those who already do. He insults, he taunts, he name-calls, he sneers โ all the things that parents tell their children not to do if they want to make and keep friends.
It may be making his base happy, but it is doing nothing to present a positive picture of what he would be like in power.
…Poilievre seems pretty certain that the next election will give him a majority, and not require that he work with any other parties in the House. Heโs burning his bridges with the Bloc and the NDP, if any such bridges ever existed.… About a month or so ago, I started to notice increasing mention of Poilievreโs lack of likeability in the political commentary, even among those who are not fans of the Trudeau Liberals. …
Iโve heard this privately from some Conservatives too, who roll their eyes at what they see as unnecessary vindictiveness from a party that continues to bounce along at the top of the polls. Is this sore-winner syndrome? And what will that look like if they really do end up winners after the next election? More enemiesโ lists? More paranoia about the media and the bureaucracy?
…Poilievre didnโt have a good week when Parliament resumed this month, failing to win in a Manitoba byelection and falling short in a bid to rally opposition leaders to bring down the government. He tried to pull that off with taunts and name-calling. Amazing that didnโt work.Perhaps Poilievre is operating on the principle that nice guys finish last.
Meanwhile, Poilievre apparently thinks leadership means repeatedly failing to lead:
After today Pierre Poilievre will have lost in excess of 135 non confidence votes against the Liberal government. pic.twitter.com/iQbCP8nvtX
โ Roddy ๐จ๐ฆ (@RodKahx) September 25, 2024
But he doesn’t let failure stop him, does he…
This is beyond pathetic.
I can’t imagine being a conservative and supporting this.
You had your grandstanding moment, fine… Now this is petulant and embarrassing. https://t.co/BdBUBM5vAL
โ GatorโกGum (@gator_gum) September 26, 2024
When you’ve lost Charlie Angus…
Today I gave a speech calling out the cynicism and fundamental unfitness for public leadership of Pierre Poilievre. He called a non-confidence motion to force an election this morning and then never even showed up.
It speaks volumes. https://t.co/nahmFujzEqโ Charlie Angus (@CharlieAngusNDP) September 26, 2024
The Tories neither understand nor cherish our Parliamentary system. You don’t bring down a ministry by going boo we lack “confidence”. You do it by defeating a money bill or other key element of their program. And if you can’t, they have the confidence of the House. https://t.co/sh7BMw5PI3
โ John Robson (@thejohnrobson) September 26, 2024
And here are two more relevant comments:
CONS hate and fear our differences.
LIBS celebrate them. ๐จ๐ฆ#NeverPoilievre pic.twitter.com/ayGh8pFZGi
โ oneplusone๐จ๐ฆ (@oneplusone10) September 23, 2024
“If you don’t believe that you can work with others and make a positive difference, you’re in the wrong line of work.” (PMJT with Colbert) https://t.co/sPPLmPP4Ji
โ Not My Inside Voice ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (@macca_jan) September 25, 2024
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Roundup: Trudeau wins today; Scrimshaw writes a Trudeau speech; Rothkopf on the stunning Harris campaign
Posted September 26, 2024 by Anonymous
Unsurprising that Trudeau won the non-confidence vote. Parliamentary reporter Dale Smith describes the House of Commons today: Overall, the day started out stupid, and got progressively worse as it went on.I expect we’ll see more of these day…
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Remembering Ebony, our brown-eyed girl
Posted September 24, 2024 by Anonymous
Just six weeks abo, we lost our Molly, and today we lost our Ebony too. We got Ebony as a rescue when she was three or four, and we had shared our lives with her for almost 14 years. She was a Labrador, a little on the small side but such a h…
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Trudeau knocks it out of the park
Posted September 24, 2024 by Anonymous
Trudeau was on Stephen Colbert tonight and the Conservatives are furious — how dare he demonstrate his popularity, his interview chops, and his international standing so easily, when he is supposed to be crawling into the Parliamentary press gallery a…
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“Basket of deplorables” 2024 version: fearful, credulous, vicious, cheap, thoughtless and destructive
Posted September 23, 2024 by Anonymous
Remember in 2016, when Hillary said some Trump supporters were “a basket of deplorables” and the US media clutched their pearls and fainted all over their couches and gasped how unseemly for a Democrat to be so mean to Republicans.Well, like with every…
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Happy Saturday! Canadianisms, strange graveyards, animal crackers, and more!
Posted September 21, 2024 by Anonymous
As the weeks wear by, propelling us toward a crucial election in the United States and, increasingly likely, in Canada too, I find myself grasping occasionally at something less intense — funny, even. Hope nobody minds the break:
Post by @am…
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Canadian Border Now Fully Open
Posted November 24, 2022 by Ben
On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]
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Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
Posted April 2, 2022 by Ben
As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]
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US Land Border Opens to Canadians
Posted November 8, 2021 by Ben
After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]
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When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?
Posted August 25, 2021 by Ben
On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]
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Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Posted July 1, 2021 by Ben
Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]
Interesting Fact of the Month
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
