The border won’t open until infection rates are very low both sides of the border and vaccination rates are significantly higher than they are on both sides. It will be across the entire border, east to west and not by region. If something breaks out in BC, they won't open in New York.
You will be hard pressed to open New York or Vermont and not Michigan. Michigan is a shit show as is Ontario. Until both are under control, forget it. So don't look at Connecticut, look at the worst spot.
Opening the border too soon is political suicide. Trudeau is heavily criticized for being too easy on the borders. With elections in the fall, he isn’t going to open up too quickly.
There is a new variant from India that is starting to make noise. Probably unjustified panic, but it's starting to make noise. They are talking shutting down flights from India.
There are multiple calls from provincial governments to shut down borders even more. Ford and Dubé both said it yesterday.
My preference : increase the quarantine time for people coming in. 10 days, not 3. BUT decrease it for people with a vaccine passport. It took forever to get a super simple quarantine program in place. It will take them months to put something slightly complex in place.
Will they be able to separate the conversation between US borders and other countries ? Maybe.
My bet, not until August, minimum
