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Premier Doug Ford says he’s in no rush to open the border with the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump indicated this week that he believes Canada is doing a good job with COVID-19, and suggested that he would be prepared to lighten some restrictions on cross-border travel at some point in the near future.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he believed that Trump was acknowledging the specialness of the relationship between the two countries.

“We know that there is a significant amount of time still before we can talk about loosening such restrictions,” Trudeau told reporters.

Ford was more blunt, urging Trudeau to stop any move to open up the border more than it already is.

“I don’t want them in Ontario,” Ford said Thursday.

Ontario public health officials have linked 393 confirmed COVID-19 cases to travel in the United States, with the second most common travel source the United Kingdom with 124 cases.