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"In a picturesque town on the U.S.-Canada border, workers under dark clouds
were building a new entrance for Canadians into a library to replace one that
had long symbolized bilateral closeness.
For more than a century, Canadians in Stanstead, Quebec, could walk through a
door in the Haskell Free Library into Derby Line, Vermont, without passing
through customs.
But U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has canceled the arrangement,
citing the need to counter “illicit cross-border activities.”
Standing on the black line inside the library that demarcates the US-Canada
border, Sylvie Boudreau, Haskell’s board of trustees president, said the Trump
administration’s announcement caused “a lot of anger on both sides.”
“It’s the end of something,” she told
AFP.
As a result of the U.S. action, a new entrance is being constructed on the side
of the building to give Canadians access to the library.
Canadian access to the library has been restricted before, including when
tighter controls were imposed following the attacks of September 11, 2001, and
again during the Covid-19 pandemic.
But the Trump administration’s announcement marks the first definitive end to
an arrangement that signaled enduring U.S.-Canada unity for many in Stanstead,
a town dotted with large Victorian houses about a 90-minute drive from
Montreal."
Via Esther Schindler.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
