Canada is wasting resources, and legitimacy, conserving species that are not endangered elsewhere. Transparent cross-border considerations should inform all new conservation laws.
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The renegotiated Safe Third Country Agreement was politically expedient for Justin Trudeau’s government, but poses real policy and programming challenges.
Migration expert Christina Clark-Kazak explains the devastating consequences of the recent change to the Safe Third Country Agreement made by U.S. President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau.
Canada and the U.S. have effectively decided to crack down on migrants crossing unofficial border points into Canada. Here’s why this approach misses the bigger picture.
Rather than demonize migrants, legislators everywhere should address the issues that force them to migrate.
People don’t give up their right to be mobile or their right to make decisions about their lives simply because they are forced to flee untenable circumstances.
The perishable nature of agri-food products makes any delay at the Canada-U.S. border costly to farmers, businesses and consumers.
Pressure is mounting to reopen the Canada-U.S. border, but there are risks. How well those risks are managed may be the difference between pandemic recovery or a fourth wave of COVID-19.
Current travel restrictions aren’t applied uniformly for air and land travellers. Similar restrictions need to be applied to land border crossings to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its variants.
Canadian government travel restrictions are an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 variants. But vague language around exemptions for medical travel may confuse the physicians who can grant them.
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance; Scientific Director, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor, Department of History, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Research Fellow, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, Department of Geography and Canada Research Chair in Health Service Geographies, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Environmental Humanities, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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Sessional Lecturer, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
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Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
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Professor, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
