Frontem - Cascadia: Review of COVID-19 Border Closures and Response
The Frontem report delves into the significant impact of COVID-19 on border regions, particularly in Cascadia, highlighting unprecedented border closures and varied responses by countries. EU member states closed borders and implemented strict controls affecting mobility. The report emphasizes the need for improved public health measures and coordination on a pan-European level. Enforcement focuses on educating and reminding individuals about travel restrictions rather than engaging in random checks. The findings underscore the global challenge and the importance of collective action in combating the pandemic.
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2021 Frontem Covid-19 in Border Regions - Canada USA - Cascadia
Frontem - Cascadia I. BIG_Review findings are staggering II. EU Member States closed borders III. British Columbia/Cascadia Region/USA-Canada border traffics
Frontem - Cascadia BIG_Review findings are staggering Unprecedented border closures Borders are closed but very few countries see no health professionals at the borders, few sanitary measures in place Suddenly all of us faced the same virus world wide WHO never recommended closing borders suggested hand washing, individual distancing, later, wearing mark, detecting and isolating infected individuals, contact tracing and isolation. The biological boundary moved inside communities toward infected individuals - each infected bodies Covid19 is vivid reminder of the cosmopolitan condition of humanity
Frontem - Cascadia EU Member States Close borders border closures, implemented internal and external travel bans, reintroduced controls at sea, air and land borders away from the boundary lines, in the middle of major cities and in the country sides Such exceptional measures were implemented lasted longer than those accepted by the Schengen Code of two months (art. 28). Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, or Norway and Sweden, unlawfully maintained electronic border checks across their territories Fines ranged between a few hundred and 10,000 euros
Frontem - Cascadia No Public Health but Securitization Response EU member states implemented multiple policy answers to Covid-19 prioritizing control over mobility within their borders with little pan Union coordination. Restrictions on mobility, included electronic surveillance mechanisms and instances of criminalisation of non- compliance with travel restrictions Hope: the EU Commission EU4Health 2021-27 which creates the largest EU Health program ever with 5.1 billion in funding. While EU member states performed poorly, the EU Commission is emerging stronger despite the vaccination fiasco.
Frontem - Cascadia Enforcement The primary goal of the order is education and reminding people about travel restrictions. Police will not engage in random checks of vehicles or people on the street. Periodic road checks may be set up at key travel corridors between the defined travel regions to remind travellers of the order. What to expect at a travel road check When stopped at a travel road check, police can ask for: Driver s name, address and driver s licence Other documents that verify a driver s name and address. For example, secondary identification (like a utility bill) that confirms a driver s home address if they recently moved The reason for travel If police determine the vehicle is travelling is for non-essential reasons, police will instruct the driver to turn the vehicle around and return to the region they came from. If the travel restrictions need to be enforced, police can issue a fine. At the discretion of police, people not following the travel restrictions may be subject to a $575 fine. People from outside the province who are travelling in B.C. for non-essential reasons can be subject to the same enforcement measures.
Frontem - Cascadia Reasons for essential travel Essential travel between regions is allowed. Essential reasons include: Returning to your principal residence, moving or helping someone move Work, both paid and unpaid (volunteer) Commercial transportation of goods Getting health care or social services or helping someone get those services Court appearance, complying with a court order or parole check-in Exercising parental responsibilities (including spending time as a parent with a minor child) Accessing child care services Attending classes at a post-secondary institution or school Responding to emergencies or a critical incident, like search and rescue operations Providing care to a person because of a psychological, behavioural or health condition, or a physical, cognitive or mental impairment Visiting a resident as an essential or social visitor at long-term care or assisted living facility Fleeing the risk of abuse or violence Attending a funeral Local residents travelling into or out of the Nisga a Health Authority region from the Northern/Interior travel region
Frontem - Cascadia International Arrivals fall sharply
Frontem - Cascadia Tourism was down sharply -24% from 2019
Frontem - Cascadia In all, 74.5% of all non-residents returning to Canada are Truck Drivers while all other arrivals together 21% are Air, Ship, Train In the meantime E-Commerce expanded 75.9%
Frontem - Cascadia Since April 2021 Border Traffic and Freight Volumes have caught up about 10% higher than previous year. Caught up with previous years!
Frontem - Cascadia Most freight markets were up across the US in 2020/2021.
Frontem - Cascadia StatCan: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-28- 0001/2021001/article/00007-eng.htm Truck Load Indexes:https://www.truckloadindexes.com/data- commentary/outbound- tender-volumes-rebound CIC brief and series: https://thecic.org/research/border-security-in-the- age-of-covid-19/ Borders In Globalization_Review: https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/bigreview/issue/view/1487 EU Parliament Report on Covid19 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/659506/ IPOL_STU(2020)659506_EN.pdf
Frontem Cascadia Thank you for your attention! Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly University of Victoria ebrunetj@uvic.ca
