A Road that You Can't Cross (Peace Arch & Point Roberts)
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- Опубликовано: 29 май 2021
- Just south of Vancouver, Canada, there is a road that was illegal for you to cross at the time of the filming of this video. And yes, you could still do that, but breaking the law does not bring severe ramifications (it seemed like). I will take you to Peace Arch's 0th avenue and Point Roberts across Boundary Bay to show you how the COVID-19 brought severe issues to the border between United States and Canada.
America "we need to build a wall"
Canada "we don't need a wall, we posted a sign"
That’s cuz Canada isn’t trying to cause problems
More Canadians move to the US than vice versa no need for a wall
The U.S. also has posted signs along the US-Canadian border. In Point Roberts there is a concrete barrier in Monument Park that has a sign posted saying that it is unlawful to cross into the United States there.
Before the mid 2000s, you could cross into Canada and back with no problem. You showed your ID, they asked you some questions, and you went on your way. I lived near the USA/Canadian border, we visited Canada all the time. I don't know what happened (9/11?) or why it happened. I miss the simplicity of crossing.
Same thing with Mexico. I think it was 9/11 that changed all that. You can still go to Canada without a passport if your state offers Enhanced IDs (e.g. Washington, Michigan, etc)
No body believed that we rode our bikes into Washington State from Abbotsford.
In 2008 I could go into the us from Mexico because they know who is American or not. Hundreds of drunk college kids crossing. It changed around that time requiring a passport.
@@necksquad3222 All states now offer enchanced IDs (Real IDs). The dates keep getting pushed back but in the next couple of years (I believe its 2024, was 2023 and they recently pushed it back) you will have to have a Real ID to fly, even domestically in the US.
@@aaronz9410 Enhanced ID and Real ID are two different things. An Enhanced ID (e.g. an EDL from Washington or Michigan) has an RFID chip with your citizenship info that CBP can read. An Enhanced ID can get you into Canada, a Real ID cannot.
I love that people were crossing the road in the background while this guy is explaining how it's illegal. XD
I'm probably in the vast minority when I say this but really Americans and Canadians should be able to cross the border freely without having to check in with the border guards and show passports. I believe it's silly but I suppose every American fugitive and terrorist would probably end up in Canada and hide in the mountains or whatnot and use it as a base of operations?
@@dankelly5150 or vice versa!
@@dankelly5150i thought the same. I live in the Mexican side of the border and I always imagined the border with Canada was like it didn't even exist since the two countries have the same origins( descendents of the British Empire)
Only one mistake, the US knew exactly what it was doing when they drew the border. The existence of Point Roberts as American territory impacted the maritime border, navigation and fishing rights to the Salish Sea.
I’m not so sure the drawers of the border knew about Point Roberts. They agreed Victoria and all of Vancouver Island would be in Canada but there was the Pig War over the San Juan Islands
You weren’t there when they Drew the border
😂
@@tacoswelding8411 Why do you think they took Hawaii? It wasn't just because of Dole. Lol
@@sesetio338 he still wasn’t there, my original point 😆
@@tacoswelding8411 IK ROBERTs POINT! MWAHAHAHA
I remember running back and forth through the peace arch as a kid while my dad and grandparents were in the car waiting for the line to move. Did this a number of times going both ways.
Sometimes we were going to Point Roberts, where my family has a lot of history, and twice we went to Vancouver Island to a fishing resort.
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What about the people walking back and forth behind you? They handed a table over across the ditch and walked back and forth. Wasn't that "illegal" activity right in front of the officer just behind the camera?
Unfortunately, they were latter apprehended and taken to a cement block house and forced to eat maple bars until they promised to obey the signs...it was horrific.
2:30 "i would be apprehended faster than they would catch their next glaze donut"
*offscreen a patrolman is listening*
@@SeattleMartin meh it was funny
What the Canadian border guard didn't know was an infected tooth leading to swelling in the gums can cause gangrene and that can be life-threatening.
Exactly, and even if it wasn't life threatening at the time it was very inhumane to deny her entry and let her suffer.
Totally agree! Thanks for reporting! Thinking if we should go see this park when we travel to Seattle this September.
hopefully by september it would be open as back in the good old days!
This was great!!! Mind blowing and hilarious. Well done.
I like my videos like how I like my potstickers, well done :P
This pandemic has really brought many things to the forefront…. This video was very well done. I really hope US will soon allow Canadians back there….
The US never stopped allowing Canadians to cross that road and enter the park.
Yes. And on that day, if I crossed into that park without my passport, I would not be able to getback to this side of the street without a trip to a small dark office in the Canadian immigration building.
@@PavlovsBob lol wut
@@beyounged can I sneak into us and never come back?
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I drive a garbage truck in the Langley, Surrey area and my route includes Zero Avenue and have seen many interactions between the citizens of Canada and the United States. This might not be obvious to some people, but do you see the two women at 7:38 in the background? The far woman is American and the closer one is Canadian. They are visiting each other with one being on the American side of the border and the other on the Canadian side. It is illegal to cross this invisible line so they converse with each other straddling the border only a few feet apart.
Then the two ladies give each other a hug . . .
I've driven that road and my sympathies for folks in Point Roberts.
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Incredible video!!! So funny and I formative and the outro was everything 😂
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Great video . I bet a common perimeter around Canada and the US a North American Shengen zone if you will , would be quite popular in places like Port Roberts or Stansted in Quebec due to their unique locations . Convienant for sure but politicaly feasable as we all know that's another thing.
if it could happen, it would have happened a few decades ago. sadly people in those places will suffer for the foreseeable future.
America and their walls! Makes one laugh! Lol!!!
Narrative is absolutely brilliant!!!
My sister married a Canadian and lives right over the border in Canada. We missed her during Covid. The American siblings met her and her family at 0 Ave, and did a cross border hug and picnic. If you looked up and down 0 Ave, we were FAR from the only folk doing this. It was really heartwarming to see what people will do to stay connected.
You can see plenty of evidence in Port Roberts that more streets used to connect. When I was there in 2012 rows of potted plants had been placed across the roads to block them.
You can thank that idiot Bush for that.
Great humor and very informative.
Thanks for watching!
After 9/11, the border became harder to cross. The situation was made even worse by the pandemic.
it is still one of the much easier ones to cross illegitimately, but during pandemic, the patrol just to catch people not for illegally immigrating but for checking vaccination was comical.
It looks more or less like the Polish-German border. In fact, most borders in Europe look like this. sometimes the state border runs through the middle of the house and when you walk from the room to the bathroom you cross the border.
I just took a picture from the other side yesterday before properly entering Canada on foot via the peace arch entry from that very field to the area you were standing at when you made this video. I’m curious how would one legally get from that park to that road? Do you have to loop all the way from the pacific highway crossing is that how? Considering there’s no foot crossing from that crossing it’s a long walk.
YAY the border reopened! no more illegal road to cross!
Fun fact: at 7:16 the two ladies behind me were also chatting across the border, as that concrete barrier separated them so they could only talk between the invisible barrier.
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Are you sure you can exit the peace arch park only the same side you entered?
If this is enforced through cameras (which is quite difficult) then there would be no end to check passports at the exit of peace park!
Also thanks for this great video.
@@randym1788 do not underestimate the power of modern video surveillance. It is easy to have a computer to note a man with white shirt and red pants enters and leaves the premises, and if they do not match, an alarm is triggered.
There was still until Jan 22 2023 some hassle with crossing. And until Fall 2022 you had to have heavy reliance of your CELL PHONE and required internet access and a degree of tech savvy to enter Canada. Now it's better, no more disclosure of health information to foreign countries, No more being cut off from your myocarditis injured friends and family who were banned simply because their body was incompatible with mRNA! Jan 22 2023 is when the border truly became open again. We can visit and invite all family, be it vaxxed, unvaxxed, or vax injured.
Job well done my friend....
Very-very nice..👍🌹
Congratulations ....💖
I went to Point Roberts back in the late 70's. No ID of any kind required to cross the Canadian or US borders.
God Bless America! 🇺🇸. Canada is very lucky to have such a rich, powerful & magnanimous neighbor!
Really enjoyed this! You deserve a lot more subs, your storytelling abilities are really good
thank you so much for watching! glad you loved it😊
Borders are holding humanity back.
I think the same thing when I'm in the lineup at the US-Canada border and I see birds just flying freely back and forth.
@@toborobo theres no borders where I live
@@toborobo i live in Washington country when we drive in Washington country then boom we end up in neighboring country called Oregon country little more driving then boom we are in Idaho country😂😂then little more drive we are in Montana country if you do u-turn from Idaho you'll end up in Nevada country then in California country 😅
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wow there is really everything out there. learned something today
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Really liked this, I'd like to see more
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This video is great… and made me laugh. Subbed.
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I drove to Canada and took the ferry to Victoria this last October. I decided to visit Point Roberts on the way, though I was on a bit of a time crunch so I just drove around for a bit and went to one of the viewpoints before going back to Canada.
Your comment about the Kinder Egg literally made me laugh out loud! Thank you.
Thank you for watching haha! It is so funny a chocolate egg is not legal in US!
@@beyounged In all fairness it's the toy inside the chocolate that has been problematic. I bet it would be fun to go up there and taunt people on the other side of the ditch with forbidden food. It that illegal? If not then I just figured out what I will be doing for my summer vacation.
Make sure you try and report back! From your hotel or the local county jail ahaha!
@@beyounged Dude, you will be the first to know.
You didn't need a passport to enter either country years ago
How many towns and cities are there on the border with the same situation of being in effect split into 2?
I really enjoyed this video. I think your channel has the problem of not being sure what it is about. Interesting facts or travel? I say this as someone who started on RUclips two years ago that focus is very important.
yeah... I am struggling with this as well. I love travel and telling stories, but seems like the two audience do not mix. what do you think I should focus on?
I've never understood why WA has point Roberts. Sure it's below the 49th parallel but so is half of Vancouver Island and a shit ton of Canada east of Minnesota.
they knew Victoria was south of 49th, but they kinda forgot this tiny little area haha. The line was meant to be drawn from naturally formed border from Minnesota, so it makes sense there
@beyounged ah, I also heard recently that point roberts may have had something to do with maintaining fishing rights in those waters. I actually live rather close to point roberts so hopefully next year I'll be able to go visit it
GEEZ! There must be many ways a patient could have been transported in an ambulance or something while kept isolated. Red tape is an international constant 😢
Are there any rules on exiting peace park on the same side, or is it just a matter of shooting your passport when you exit.
Thank you for this interesting video!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
The problem of the woman with the tooth infection is reflective of the cruelty of petty tyrants everywhere. I hope someone was allowed to deliver pain killing and antibacterial drugs to her quarantine hotel! I am wondering if someone with the old Mosquito Fleet spirit could not run a passenger service from Blaine to Point Roberts, since it has been turned into Roberts Island by the political cytokine storm created by the Scandemic.
Well put.
They did start a ferry service to Blaine, WA after it was clear the closure would last a while.
This is so awesome to know and see
amen brother... i love the message
Hey there was a cat forklift near where you were standing as of yesterday on the Canadian side haha
She had to quarantine for two weeks before seeing her dentist? I can only imagine: wondering if she will be able to stand the pain and discomfort she felt for that long.
Other than the obsession with extremely strict border patrol, this border is nearly indistinguishable from the USA-Mexico border.
There are border agents from both countries at the Peace Arch State Park everyday. A Canadian can enter that park but if you don’t have your passport on you, you will be taken to border services for review.
shit, then I guess I will not visit it. Im going there from Toronto for a long weekend, and I was planning to visit the park, but I don't have a passport.
@@GeorgeGabor19 i live close to that park and see people have issues all the time.
You can talk to the agent before you cross and he may allow without passport, but you have to check in with that some person coming back. If he is not there when you come back, you may have problems coming back.
@@GeorgeGabor19 You don't need a passport to spend the day at Peace Arch Park. All you need is proof of citizenship.
These people really news to get a life.
That woman with the dental problems should have rustled up a boat to take her directly to the United States.
I once made a point of taking my 17 foot powerboat from the American San Juan Islands to Point Roberts to tie up at the Marina.
Point Roberts is a fun little community.
There is also a town strattling the border in the east. One side of the street has Canadian homes and the other side has U.S. homes. The town library is only accessible from the Canadian side as it also straddles the border. Americans stay on the sidewalk to get inside the library.
Man, I'm Chinese-American with property in Point Roberts. Looking forward to the border reopening. PR is a wonderful place.
It is indeed! sadly the people there really got screwed over by the Canadian government, hopefully this will all end very soon.
@@beyounged Not sure how you think the Canadian government screwed the people of Pt Roberts. The border was closed and they are surrounded by water. The Americans wouldn't have granted any other country any leniency. The US is very strong at their borders aside from what the right wing suggests.
Now I know how I will come to Canada. LOL. Thanks for the suggestion.
At one time you can call toll free from Canada into USA. BC-Tel treated Point Roberts Wa. as part of Greater Vancouver. In the 1980s and before, calls to Point Roberts were considered local calls.
Love it when he says you CANT cross that border on that street behind him and then the lady in the background falls into the border line ditch on that same road @4:07
There seem to be people Criss crossing all the time during the video!
Great video. I thought I knew all the interesting border spots, I was not aware of 0 ave. The US should have open borders with Canada and Mexico. It is so pathetic how they pretend they have security just to inconvenience normal people.
Canada yes, Mexico no.
@@elizabethwitt2621 Mexico, yes. Closing off our borders with Canada and Mexico creates more problems than it solves.
The Kinder Egg at the end lol. Everyone knows that Canadian children are perfectly able to safely eat a Kinder Egg while American children aren't.
I'm looking at this as a European who lives in Eastern Belgium, but only a 20-minute drive to the borders with both Germany and Luxembourg. I frequently cross either border, for leisure or for shopping (at least once a week), no border or customs checks, same consumer regulations and same currency on all sides. During the peak of COVID the hard borders were re-established for a couple of months, the first (and hopefully last) time since 1992 when border and customs checks were abolished within the EU; it felt really bad not being allowed to change country freely.
It used to be easier to cross before 9/11. In the 80s and 90s we used to cross the border quite often to go to Buffalo just to go to the bars, beer was cheaper and they took Canadian money at par plus it was a change in scenery. I've been to almost every state on the east coast more than once and before 9/11 all you needed was a birth certificate or even a drivers license as proof you were Canadian but not once was I ever asked to show it. Before 9/11 they would just ask your citizenship, why you were entering the US, and how long you will be staying but after 9/11 that idiot Bush lied and said the terrorists entered through Canada which was easily proven not to be the case and thanks to him we now need a passport to cross the border and they're a lot stricter about it.
Same in the U.S we drive drive from Washington country then boom we end up in neighboring country called Oregon a little more driving then boom we are in Idaho country😂😂then little more drive we are in Montana country
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Thanks for watching! Hope one day can visit your area again! 😊
Can you imagine falling in love with a Canadian girl right outside the border and you have to worry about crossing the road? I assume you’d need a passport card on you at all time’s. Honestly I’m actually going to apply for one since they’re relatively cheap and I plan to take a trip into the north
can you imagine your dog crossing into canada and you cannot cross the street to get it?
Living in Detroit, across the river from Canada, was murder during covid, dating-wise. All my tinder matches were always canadian girls lol
The problems Dr. Jordan Peterson in Canada prove just how "sick" Canada is. And the Canadian voters seem to love it.
"You don't see any policemen here" ummmm well except for the two behind you in your shot :p
There were 2 watching us right beside the cameraman as well 😉
As someone from Europe where we enjoy Schengen borders. You would simply be able to walk across that road and its no big deal! I dont understand why Canada and U.S just have an open border to each other under a common travel area like Schengen. I dont think it would cause a mass migration as both countries are quite economically similar. I totally understand U.S Mexico being locked off.
The atmosphere at the US-Canada border looks more relaxed and friendly than my home in Texas on the US-Mexico border , I live in Nye , Anna ave street . My house is near the Rio Grande River. Just open the back door and see Nuevo Laredo Mexico.The border here is only a river separating the two borders
Then the border there is also very relaxed then! No huge fences and gun turrets I presume?
Before 9/11 it was even more relaxed and friendly. I didn't need a passport to cross, all I needed was a birth certificate or a drivers license and they never even asked to see it, they usually just asked your citizenship, where you were going and for how long. Now because of that idiot Bush I need a passport and I have to show it every time.
@@kenlompart9905 Yes, lately law enforcement agencies such as the US Border Patrol have been patrolling along the Rio Grande river very often. Because a lot of Haitians and Africans from African countries have migrated across the Rio Grande River. because some parts of the river are narrow And rarely see Mexicans and Latin Americans these days
Good reporting! Do you have more stories like this?
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Here before this video blows up
They should not have done that lady like that. The relationship between the US and Canada is a good relationship that looks like it need to become better because that was utterly stupid for them to do that to her.
I don't understand why she couldn't have taken a boat or sea plane to get to the US without going through Canada. Those are commonly used in that area for accessing the many inhabited islands. I know it's not ideal, but better than being denied critical care for at least two weeks.
There’s a fine grass airstrip. What she’s not saying is she doesn’t want to pay U.S. rates for the care. wsdot.wa.gov/publications/manuals/fulltext/M3049/PointRoberts.pdf
I've lived in whatcom county and I have yet to go to Point Roberts. I'll have to go there sometime. There are many places along the border throughout our area here that are the same way. During Covid my family would meet with our Canadian relatives in a pasture almost close enough to shake hands.
Many angry border Covid stories on both sides. Some border guards didn't agree with the rules either, but they didn't make them.
yeah, the decision makers in Ottawa and Washington should have come over to these areas and take a look and they will IMMEDIATELY change their mind about these comically stupid rules, at least in areas like point roberts
These rules were inhumane and hopefully never implemented again as they didn't do anything about the spread of covid.
The concept of this border is ridiculous... When younger people get into government this should change.
In the early 90s we use to go drink beer at the beach there and when we walked back half lit with beer still no one asked us anything much and no ID was needed.
I heard somewhere though that there was a ferry that ran from Point Roberts to the mainland US.
That said, it would have been reasonable in my opinion to allow Point Roberts to quarantine with Canada during that time. I think that idea was floated but turned down by both governments.
There used to be a ferry going from a place called anacortes in WA to Point Roberts; Many businesses in Point Roberts complained during covid because the border was closed and they mainly rellied on Canadian customers. You are right, Point Roberts should have been considered part of Canada for quarantine purposes.
"you dont see any policemen here"
except the two cops literally 20 feet behind you
Imagine yelling at your kids in the US to come home for dinner in Canada
So if you have dual citizenship does that mean you can find a point where you can stand with one foot in one country and one in the other? Just make sure that you have the proper paperwork on you of course.
From what I've read, yes, even if you do not have dual citizenship. The arch was built right on the border. I've never been there, so I assume you need to show your passport to enter the park, regardless of if you enter from BC or WA.
You can visit the peach arch without showing passport to enter the park thru Canada or US way … but in case you wanna cross border going thru blaine or seattle or go to point roberts or cross Canada then that’s the time you need a passport. Before they allow drivers license now its different
@@rosemendez931 you're wrong, U.S residents and Canadian residents can be in a park because the park are neutral zone, but also there's Canadian neighborhood right across the park for U.S residents they can not enter the Canadian neighborhood while Canadians can enter the park and then go back to the neighborhood.
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 I forgot to say that you can visit the peach arch park but not the neighborhood area surrounding it …Unless you don’t cross the ditch and your in vehicle then your ok ……I go to this area often and i’ve seen border patrol roaming around the area
Wouldn't it have been cheaper just to pay someone with a boat to drive you across the water to Washington State and Sia Dentist there? N not have 2 quarantine and not have to pay for two weeks at a hotel?
Surprising,😅 great video
Hi..wish you answer my question...can tow person one in the us and the other in canada meet in the park even if they don't have visas to cross the border? I meen to non American and Canadian persons?
now all restrictions are lifted. both person can enter the park with no passport check and meet. I recommend the Canadian park as it is better
@beyounged what is the Canadian park name? It's the same peace archer park?
yes, same name. different side of the checkpoint towards the sea.
@@beyounged thank youu
The US could put on a fast ferry to mainland Washinton State. About a thirty minute trip.
Great video!
thanks for watching!
@@beyounged welcome.
I live close to the Dutch/German border between Kerkrade NL. and Herzogenrath GER. we've got such a road aswell Nieuwstraat/Neustrasse (Newstreet) the centerline is the border only here you can cross the border free since the 90"s
Same in the United States we drive drive from Washington country then boom we end up in neighboring country called Oregon country little more driving then boom we are in Idaho country😂😂then little more drive we are in Montana country
Not sure if I got this right-these citizens drive everywhere, so didn't think a plane or helicopter or a boat might get them across the water easier than driving across Canada? Are there no regular commuter ferries across between the mainland & their piece of their country?
in the first few months of lockdown, there were no scheduled ferry service. If you wanted to leave, you had to charter a boat, which runs multiple hundreds of dollars each way. after a lot of complaints, later a ferry service was established. Helicopter would have been even more costly. Imagine paying 1200 dollars to get to your dentist to have your molar checked up.
Human created borders out of selfishness. We are our own worst enemy.
The joke about glazz donuts was very funny
it was the one that made the police officer crack. glad you enjoyed!
So we all want to know what the border patrol said about the donut comment...LOL
he laughed it off, and asked me for my channel! but it was very stressful when he was there as a small crowd had gathered ahaha!
That is a heck of an ending 😄😄😄😄
That lady should have, after getting a no from border guards, begged one of the residents with a boat for a ferry acrossed the bay. That way she would not have to quarantine.
and get a very hefty fine from CBA, also that resident should get ready to lose his license.
You got a couple things wrong. First it's 0 Avenue not street. Secondly you are completely free to enter that park if you go beyond the parking lot past the field you would be an illegal. I have been there many times and until recently only needed ID proof to get back across the ditch. Now you need a Canadian passport.
What is the name of park and where is places?pls
@@tuntunlwin9521 It is called Peace Arch park and it's in South Surrey British Columbia Canada
You don't need a passport to go into that park and return to Canada. Just proof of citizenship.
@@e-curb First few times I didn't need a passport just ID but now the RCMP demand Passport from everyone. There is a sign there as well
@@jeffreymvlogs Your ID isn't proof of citizenship. You don't need a passport, proof of citizenship is good enough for any official at the border.
I lived in Blaine for 7 years. I knew a guy who lived on "A" street and would use a sand wedge to lob g-balls into Canada, often they would be returned the same way.
what I'm getting from this is britain should not draw lines
but this is THE thing they love to do! They have done this on literally every single continent haha!
Peace Arch park during Covid was known as "Conjugal visit in tents" park.
I grew up in that house right across the border on the us side
haha hope you can now see how it looks like today!
@@beyounged looks the same just a different color, caught the bus just up the road to go to Blaine school, and only a chain to mark the border
@@macrichardson6966 now it is a fence. I filmed the shot over the street by standing on top of a bucket. and the Blaine bus is no longer running.
I saw the crossing point of Rouse’s Point, New York when I went on a road trip through New England in 2019. Didn’t go in, I didn’t have my passport.
I threw a garbage bag full of firecrackers into the ditch in 1988, then drove around to get-‘em 😮😂 Ahhh, good times. Very lucky to getaway with it then. In Canada, Fireworks ✅ Firecrackers❌ As a Canadian teenager I saw a loophole in the system!….alright not so much a loophole as a law that I saw as flexible. Whatever, come get me, that was 35yrs ago.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
'Cause he was 🎼🎶 Breakin' The Law, Breakin' The Law...🎸🎶
Why are people crossing back and forth, across the street, if its a prohibited road, between Canada and the United States?
Because it's not actually prohibited. Canadians and Americans can both enter Peach Arch Park from their respective sides.
I wish the US/Canadian border would open back up to what it used to be. Where all you needed was a driver's license and the residents of the border towns were free to cross over without customs (as long as they stayed in town and went back to their side). Maybe this should be looked into again with the new Real IDs.
Real ID can be a good solution, but with the US constantly pushing it back, there is no forseeable solution in the next few years.
There should be Szcengen Zone between Canada, U.S and Mexico without any border checkpoints. In Europe the European countries that joining the European Union they have a right after 10-15 years to apply to join for Szcengen Zone without border checkpoints. This 2023 year Croatia joined Szcengen Zone they waited for 15 years while all 28 countries in European Union refused to accept Romania and Bulgaria to join Szcengen Zone now governments of Romania and Bulgaria are very mad
can you get to the mainland by boat???
I bet a lot of soccer balls have been kicked over that border at the park AND a lot of kids have gone to retrieve them.😂😂
And here I was thinking Canadians are Friendly
We often are, but Canada can be a HARDASS authoritarian state. It's the government/police, not the normal citizens.
Canadians are polite.
That's aboot it.
I wish there was a deal between the US and Canada, just like the deals that all Countries in the European Union and Schengen Zone have amongst each other, where there could be free movement between the US and Canada. That would make life a lot better, I think.