Sometimes, the peace officers at the checkpoint see she's an essential worker, and she is sent through in a separate lane from everybody else. Same line as everyone elseDeemed an essential worker, Perkin said more has to be done to make sure essential workers get back and forth across the border easily. Perkin asked why, as an essential worker, she still couldn't use the same lane that transport trucks were using. Essential worker pass cancelledMotorists crossing the border at New Brunswick and Nova Scotia sometimes can expect delays while other times they are waved through. At one point, the essential pass Perkins was assigned when the border between the two provinces was essentially closed was denied.

Source: CBC News July 20, 2020 20:16 UTC