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Canada Races Toward Key Vaccine Milestone for Border Opening

Government aiming to hit 75% two-dose coverage by end of July
Supply ramping up amid calls to salvage summer tourist season

Business Groups Call on Trudeau to Open Canadian Border

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By Erik Hertzberg and Kait Bolongaro

June 23, 2021 at 2:31 PM UTC

Updated on

June 23, 2021 at 10:06 PM UTC

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Canada’s accelerating vaccination effort has put the country on track to reach key benchmarks for reopening the U.S. border as early as next month.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has begun citing a 75% two-dose vaccination rate as the threshold to lift border restrictions. That number is about 20% now.