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The U.S.-Canadian Border: Recovery from COVID-19
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Overview
In October 2020, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars established a Task Force on Public Health and the U.S.-Canadian Border to study the use of border restrictions to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated variants. We began this effort six months after the border restrictions had been introduced on a temporary basis. The need for a task force became clear as we saw these restrictions renewed every 30 days since, with no plan from either Washington or Ottawa on the conditions that might permit a return to normal border operations, or perhaps a “new normal.”
On Friday, October 29, 2021, the Task Force will release its report, which considers the effects of the border restrictions and its recommendations to current and future policymakers on how to learn from the border restriction experiment begun in March 2020 and – despite recent changes – still ongoing.
The virtual launch event will be live-streamed from this webpage.
Panelists
Hon. A. Anne McLellan
Hon. Jean Charest
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP; Former Premier of Québec
Hon. James Douglas
Hon. Christine Gregoire
Hosted By
Canada Institute
The mission of the Wilson Center's Canada Institute is to raise the level of knowledge of Canada in the United States, particularly within the Washington, DC policy community. Research projects, initiatives, podcasts, and publications cover contemporary Canada, US-Canadian relations, North American political economy, and Canada's global role as it intersects with US national interests. Read more
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