Trump administration won’t station US troops near Canadian border – By Joel Connelly (SeattlePI) / April 1 2020
The Trump administration, in the face of strong opposition from Canada, has abandoned its plans to station U.S. troops near the Canadian border.
“We have heard this is not something they’re continuing to pursue, but we will of course continue to engage with the American administration as new situations come up and as things develop,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told an Ottawa new conference outside the Rideau Cottage, where he is in self-isolation.
The Prime Minister has been diplomatic in his language, conscious of not offending President Trump. Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland was blunt last week, saying, “We have made that opposition very very clear to our American counterparts and we will continue to do so.”
The U.S. and Canada have the world’s longest undefended land border, stretching from Point Roberts in Washington to Campobello Island in New Brunswick. The border continues in the north, crossed by residents who walk to a bar in Hyder, Alaska, and the 100,000-plus animals of the Porcupine Caribou herd whose migration route crosses two Canadian national parks and America’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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