The federal government says the Nexus trusted-traveller program will ramp back up fully within five weeks, allowing frequent border-crossers to complete their applications and speed up their trips.
Registration for the program has been halted in Canada for nearly a year after Nexus enrolment centres unlocked their doors in the United States, due in part to a clash over U.S. agents’ right to carry guns on Canadian soil.
The standoff led to a massive backlog in applications for the program, which allows pre-approved travellers to cross the border more quickly.
Thanks to a compromise announced at a summit in January, Canadian border agents will
