The border will remain closed as long as it is necessary to restrict non-essential travel from the United States or from other places of the world. We put those restrictions in place to protect the health and safety of Canadians.
I communicate regularly, and I know the president of CBSA communicates regularly, with the union representing CBSA officers.
As I noted in my opening remarks, I think they've done an extraordinary job in implementing very significant new restrictions in the exercise of their discretion to keep us safe, and I think we all owe them a debt of gratitude for the work they've done.
I engage very regularly with my counterparts in the Province of Quebec and right across Canada in our provincial and territorial discussions. We work very closely. The order in council that closes the border is for 30 days.
We continually assess conditions on both sides of the border and the effectiveness of the measures we put in place and will continue to keep that border closed until the circumstances change significantly enough to facilitate a change at the border border that would not compromise the health and safety of Canadians.
I know everybody wants to know for how long it will remain, and I think this is reasonable, especially when we see the conditions in the United States, and the very significant surge in the virus that's taking place right across that country. I believe it's very much in Canada's interest to maintain those border restrictions, and we will do that as long as it is necessary to protect the health and safety of Canadians.