House Republican conference chair Elise Stefanik, seen here in June, wrote to Canada's ambassador to the U.S. this week about the use of the ArriveCAN app. She wants Canada to stop requiring people to use the app if they want to enter the country. What's newA top U.S. Republican has weighed in on the debate swirling around ArriveCAN, the travel app the Canadian government introduced for cross-border travel during the pandemic. She wrote to Canada's ambassador to Washington this week with a request: Stop requiring people to use ArriveCAN if they want to enter Canada. Mayors of Canadian border towns are pleading with Ottawa to scrap the app, as have businesses and a border-district U.S. Democrat, Brian Higgins.

Source: CBC News August 19, 2022 22:22 UTC