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Of the total number of 160,000 licensed truck drivers who serve cross-border routes, 120,000 are Canadian and 40,000 are American. Of the 120,000 Canadian truckers, Canadian Trucking Alliance estimates that 85 per cent are already vaccinated against COVID-19, [ 104 ] and that "as many as 12,000 to 16,000" Canadian truckers may not be able to ...
The following article is a broad timeline of the course of events surrounding the Canada convoy protest, a series of protests and blockades in Canada in early 2022. The protest, which was called the Freedom Convoy (French: Convoi de la liberté) by organizers, was "first aimed at a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers" when the convoy of hundreds of vehicles, including semi ...
The 2023 Canadian federal worker strike was a strike by Canadian federal workers who are members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). The strike took place between April 19 and May 3, 2023, although the Treasury Board bargaining units ended their strike on May 1. The strike was the culmination of more than a year of collective ...
The number of individuals apprehended at the U.S.-Canada border in fiscal year 2021 (October 2020-September 2021) 1,278,722 The number of individuals apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in ...
Website. www .cbsa-asfc .gc .ca. The Canada Border Services Agency ( CBSA; French: Agence des services frontaliers du Canada, ASFC) is a federal law enforcement agency that is responsible for border control (i.e. protection and surveillance), immigration enforcement, and customs services in Canada . The CBSA is responsible to Parliament through ...
The US built its first border station at Frontier in 1965, and replaced it with a new station in 2011. Prior to 1965, visitors entering from Canada at both this crossing and at the Boundary-Waneta border crossing were directed to proceed to the customs office in Northport, Washington, several miles away. Frontier was the name of the Washington ...
And in a Feb. 28 post on X, formerly Twitter, Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens said the number of known gotaways at the time had exceeded 120,000 for fiscal year 2024.
Both the US and Canada border stations are open 24 hours per day. The US Customs and Border Protection upgraded its inspection facilities in 2011, and Canada Border Services Agency upgraded its facilities in 2012. In 2017, inspectors at Port Huron processed 1,579,646 cars and 826,288 trucks. [7]