This map shows why it would be 'terrifying' to open Canada-U.S. border

[soothsayer]

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Even when you take into account the vast discrepancy in population numbers, this is absolutely mind-blowing. The level of often willful incompetency displayed by U.S. leadership during this pandemic is breathtaking.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/this-map-shows-why-it-would-be-terrifying-to-open-canada-u-s-border-1.5012933

[captain queeg]

1. Wow. If I was Canadian I wouldn't want to open my borders to the shithole neighbor to the south

[Grokenstein]

3. At this point, if Canada wanted to "build a wall"

I'd volunteer my services.

"Stay away, we have apparently decided to 'let it wash over' us."

[kedrys]

10. I am Canadian, and frankly...

...I feel palpable relief every time our govt extends the closure.

[Squinch]

2. It also shows what a criminal failure Donny Bodybags has been in managing the virus.

[OnlinePoker]

4. We already have Americans using the "Alaska Loophole" to enter Canada

They then stay and visit instead of driving there. We've had some Americans enter here in BC then go to the Gulf Islands between the mainland and Vancouver Island because they have vacation homes there. As a province of 4.5 million people, we've only had 3000 cases and 185 or so deaths. We want to keep it that way. But assholes have to be assholes.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/americans-alaska-loophole-banff_ca_5ef1ea75c5b6001a27157d1b

[jayschool2013]

5. Is there also a loophole in Canadian immigration law

for asylum seekers fleeing a deadly and oppressive regime?

[luvtheGWN]

7. Asylum, yes, but not from the US. Sorry!

A couple from Minnesota travelled to their cottage (cabin, camp?) near Fort Frances, ON. They were told they must quarantine for 14 days. They didn't. They were seen out and about in Fort Frances. The police fined them each $1,000 and told them to get the hell home.

I live across the river from upper NY state. I and my neighbours want the border kept closed. Sorry!

[OnlinePoker]

11. Considering we have had refugees crossing daily from the U.S. into southern Quebec, yes.

It started when Trump threatened to deport Haitians(?) back to Haiti in 2017. They started crossing the border. Any that cross now are housed in a quarantine centre for 14 days before being allowed into the country. From my understanding, any person trying to come from a stable country isn't allowed to claim refugee status. The Trudeau government has rightly determined that the U.S. is no longer a stable country.

[soothsayer]

9. Relax, we live in an asylum...for the next several months

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. "The data on the map above is on a more localized level in the United States, which makes it appear

appear more red."

More dramatic, too!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Some of that going on, but this chart will convince you. Compares US Canada Jpn Eur

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Heckuva job Trumpy