The U.S.-Canada border has been closed to non-essential travelers since late March 2020. One of the first executive orders signed by President Joe Biden directs the Secretaries of State, Homeland Security, Transportation, and Health and Human Services to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to begin discussions with their Mexican and Canadian counterparts and submit a plan that determines what public health measures and operational considerations are necessary to reopen travel across the border. The North Country Chamber is among the groups that have been calling on federal officials to create a plan to reestablish nonessential cross border travel. President Garry Douglas spoke with WAMC North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley.