US Is Holding Nexus Trusted-Traveller Program ‘Hostage,’ Canadian Envoy Says

US Is Holding Nexus Trusted-Traveller Program ‘Hostage,’ Canadian Envoy Says
Canada's Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman speaks via video link at the Global Business Forum in Banff, Alta., Sept. 24, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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Canada’s envoy to the United States says the cross-border Nexus trusted-traveller program is being “held hostage” by a U.S. effort to renegotiate the 20-year-old agreement.
Kirsten Hillman made the comments at a daylong summit on Canada-U.S. border issues taking place at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.