What does the future of the U.S.-Canada border look like?
Posted June 16, 2020 5:20 am.
Last Updated June 16, 2020 3:23 am.
In today’s Big Story podcast, it’s been closed to all but essential travel for months, and polls show most Canadians want it closed for a good while longer. The border is the most visible symbol of the increasingly divergent paths taken by Canada and the United States—paths that began before COVID-19 struck.
In the 208-year history of the “longest undefended border,” the experience of crossing has changed several times, and each event has left a lasting impact. What does the future hold for the relationship between the two neighbours, the border itself and the communities that live on either side of it?
GUEST: Alex Bitterman, professor at Alfred State College of Technology at The State University of New York; Contributor, The Conversation
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