Avoid US or Take Burner Phones, Canada Executives Tell Staff
Cars wait in line to enter the United States at a border crossing at the Canada-US border in Quebec.
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Major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US, marking a greater erosion in the country’s longstanding trust with its neighbor.
The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, one of Canada’s top pediatric research hospitals, is recommending its staff avoid US trips. “Due to the escalation of issues and volatility in the US, CHEO strongly encourages individuals to refrain from travel to that country at this time,” Chief Executive Officer Vera Etches said in a memo seen by Bloomberg News. A spokesperson for the hospital confirmed the contents of the memo.