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Throughout North America, businesses are positioned to serve cross-border markets, integrated supply chains are constructed around comparative advantages driven by national differences, and people have built the most intimate parts of their lives with family, friends, and loved ones across borders. How have the COVID-19 border restrictions enacted bilaterally by the US and Canada impacted these linkages in different cross-border regions?

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This comprehensive study examines and measures the economic benefits that will arise from the enhanced accessibility provided by the Gordie Howe International Bridge and makes recommendations on how to make the most of new opportunities it creates for economic development in Southwest Ontario and Southeast Michigan. (Full Report)

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This comprehensive study examines and measures the economic benefits that will arise from the enhanced accessibility provided by the Gordie Howe International Bridge and makes recommendations on how to make the most of new opportunities it creates for economic development in Southwest Ontario and Southeast Michigan. (Summary Report)

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This policy paper sets out ideas that could be applied to broader decision making in order to resume land border operations across the Canada-US border during a global pandemic, in a safe and calculated manner.

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This overview of the recent Cybersecurity conference stresses Canada-US relations and key technologies including 5G wireless communications and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DTL).

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This report examines the likely issues associated with passage of highly automated trucks, including trucks with no person on board, through Canada’s highway border crossings.

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The well-being of N. America is tied to how the Canada-US border interacts and ensures security. Discover what happens at the border in different regions and how well it works.

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Assessing the Impacts of a Major Highway Infrastructure Project : The Windsor-Essex Parkway: Submitted to Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO)

  • Report I: Development of Data and Modeling Resources
  • Report II: Report II: Traffic Congestion, Accessibility and Emission Analysis
  • Report III: Potential Non-Residential Land Use Impacts
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Assessing the Impacts of a Major Highway Infrastructure Project : The Windsor-Essex Parkway: Submitted to Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO)

  • Report I: GPS Freight Data Analysis and Border Crossing Times by Industry
  • Report II: Classifying Freight Trips by Origin, Destination, Industry, and Border Crossing
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