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It’s since gone from being a patch of grass into a fully-staffed one stop shop for anyone who wants to skirt the usual protocols, jump the queue and apply for asylum in Canada on their own schedule and on their own terms.

The sensible thinking was that closing the border meant just that, closing the border, and that this would apply to Roxham Road as well.

But the Liberals then confirmed that the illegal border crossing they love to defend would remain open.

Their caveat was that the claimants were being housed for 14 days to make sure they don’t have the virus. It’s troubling that they didn’t stress this from the get go.

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That soon appeared to be fake news though, as the head of the border agents union told Postmedia publication The Montreal Gazette that this just wasn’t true. They weren’t being put into the same isolation as a Canadian citizen returning from, say, Florida was expected to do.

Finally, on Friday, Trudeau announced that anyone attempting to enter the country at Roxham Road would be turned back. He said this had been decided in agreement with the United States.

It’s obviously the right decision and should have been made a long time ago.

Let’s hope they don’t reopen it once COVID-19 is over.