@bbodb1
You really need to do some outside reading and research. Your snide comments on our health care system and "fluffy" list of contributions to the world only come across as uninformed at best and arrogant at worst.
US and Canadian citizens or residents have been able to cross the border for some time now for truly essential purposes, or under one of the compassionate or other exemptions. It just isn't as easy as it was pre-pandemic. Again, in the case of Point Roberts, getting to and from the mainland is a US/Washington State problem, not ours. I somehow suspect that your idea of "essential" wouldn't pass the smell test under either CBSA or USCBP definitions. But, of course, yours is the only definition that counts, isn't it?
No one, including me, is suggesting that we wait until everything is "perfect" to open the border, but it will be done on a phased basis, whether you like it or not. By the way, that process has already started, as mentioned above by bizaro86. Do some reading. Obviously some, just like you, would prefer it to happen sooner and faster, but there is still a majority consensus here that it should at least be phased.
Just because another country chooses to go down a different path than the USA, does not make it wrong. That would be a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. I could always start listing all the things I think your government should be dealing with right now, but isn't. Just let me know if you would like to see the list. I suspect the answer is "no".
If you want to compare approaches to the pandemic, your "vaunted" but fractured health care system, together with the mostly uncoordinated approach to the pandemic by your governments, has certainly shown us how "terrible" our health care system is. Our vaccination rates are quickly surpassing yours. Your rate of new cases per capita is currently 12 times ours, and your cumulative deaths per capita are 2.6 times ours. Great job! We have certainly been far from perfect in our response to the pandemic, no different than any other jurisdiction in the world, but the results speak for themselves.
You also confuse health care and vaccine manufacturing, which are two different things. Thanks to large multi-nationals buying up local operations (such as Connaught Labs), our vaccine production facilities are limited, and most are dedicated to other drug and vaccine production. Many of our facilities were combined into larger, more cost-effective facilities in Europe and the USA, just like your manufacturing experience with China. I think that was a mistake on our part, but it is what it is for now.
How many vaccines have been developed in the USA, with almost 9 times our population? Some of those still aren't FDA-approved. How many vaccines has Europe developed with 12 times our population? How many has the UK developed with 1.7 times our population? Canada has developed several Covid-19 vaccines, but they are all still currently in various levels of clinical trials. Do the research and then do the math!
You also overestimate your importance as tourists in our economy. Despite our mid-tier population, we have a very broadly diversified economy, one of the ten largest in the world. While tourism is an important industry in Canada, and we want to get it back up and running, we are not Mexico. Tourism only accounts for about 6.5% of our economy. Foreign visitors only represent one-third of tourism revenue; two-thirds is domestic.
We love having you visit our country, but US residents are not even the largest group of foreign visitors. While your absence does have an impact, for the most part we can survive without you. Plus, many of the dollars that those of us would have spent while outside the country, are now being spent domestically! We will welcome you when the border does re-open, but on our terms not yours.