"Restrictions on optional travel to the United States are being extended until March 21, 2021," Blair wrote on Twitter.

Les restrictions de voyage non essentiels avec les États-Unis ont été prolongées jusqu'au 21 March 2021. Nous continuerons de baser nos decisions sur les meilleurs conseils de santé publique disponibles afin de protéger les Canadiens contre la # COVID19.

- Bill Blair (@BillBlair) February 19, 2021

According to him, this is necessary for the safety of residents of both countries.

Earlier, American President Joe Biden said that the United States has achieved a vaccination rate of 1.7 million people a day, and the promise to vaccinate 100 million people in the first hundred days of the presidency will be exceeded.