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The United States and Canada have one of the largest economic partnerships in the world, and share the world’s largest international border. When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, that border was closed to all nonessential traffic. As more people on both sides of the border get vaccinated, some are calling for it to re-open. Special Correspondent Benedict Moran reports. Read the Full Transcript Hari Sreenivasan: The United States and Canada have one of the largest economic partnerships in the world, with trade in a typical year worth $2 billion dollars a day. They also share the world's longest i...

Article content The Invest WindsorEssex initiative was seven months in the making and will include in-kind investments from private sector partners as well as partnerships with Windsor’s post-secondary institutions. Its aim is to continue the region’s transformation from traditional auto assembly through automation into a centre of high-tech innovation and development to make it the Canadian capital of auto mobility. Among the elements included in the proposal are creating several mobility/entrepreneurship accelerators specific to the sector, establish positions in local post-secondary in...

No ‘Crystal Ball’ on When Canada-US Border Will Re-open Fully: Garneau Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says he doesn’t know when the Canada-U.S. border will re-open to its pre-pandemic state. “I don’t know if my crystal ball is any better than yours,” Garneau told Liberal MP Sherry Romanado, who asked the minister if the border would open before the end of summer during his testimony before the Commons Committee for Canada-U.S. Relations Thursday. “We’re hearing from our stakeholders, and of course, from industry as well. We have to look at all of the information that we...

  WINDSOR, ONT. -- A recent survey shows the manufacturing industry is losing millions of dollars due to border issues. The study, conducted by the Canadian Association of Mold Makers and its partners, aimed to identify border crossing issues during the pandemic that may be hindering the industry. There were 39 companies that participated in the survey, many from the Windsor-Essex region. The results show three-quarters of manufacturers lost business of at least $100,000. While 40 per cent say they lost between $1 million and $5 million. Seventy per cent of workers say they were turn...