Join the CanAm Border Roundtable to Discuss the Impacts of the Border Closure
The CanAm border remains closed to non-essential travel, even as both sides deal with the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. While freight traffic has now returned to pre-COVID levels, passenger traffic across the Niagara River bridges is essentially non-existent, creating a host of challenges for a diverse group of stakeholders, including tourism, cross-border businesses and local governments. On January 26 and February 2, join the South Niagara Chambers of Commerce, the Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce and World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara for back-to-back webinars on the CanAm border closure and prospects for re-opening, its impact on our bi-national regional economy, and real-life stories on how interests on both sides have been dealing with it (and will continue to do so).
Panel #1 – Analyzing the Environment – Tuesday, January 26, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m., via Zoom
Anthony Annunziata, Tourism Niagara Canada
Dr. Kate Friedman, University of Buffalo
Ron Rienas, Peace Bridge Authority
CBSA – (TBA)
Welcome: Dolores Fabiano, South Niagara Chambers of Commerce
Moderated by: Craig Turner, World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara
Panel #2 – User Response – Tuesday, February 2, 2:00 – 3:00, via Zoom
Eileen Martin, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman
Gary Pollard, Pollard Windows
Pat Whalen, TReC
Dean Wood, Borderworx Logistics
Welcome: Kory Schuler, Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce
Moderated by: Craig Turner, World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara