The CBSA has paused processing of new RABC applications for an undetermined amount of time. Current RABC permits will be honored thru expiration.
Canadian government isn’t giving any explanation but some folks are surmising that this is related to the expected wave of asylum seekers once trump starts his promised wave of deportations. it would certainly be a lot more efficient for the mountees to spot illegal remote border crossings if they just make ALL remote border crossings illegal. all conjecture at this point, and Canada isn’t exactly known for explaining themselves. We’ll see how this shakes out.
Personally this throws a wrench in my annual trip to the Canadian side of Saganaga. Only realistic way in would be to cross in a car and then fly in via float plane, which ain’t happening. There are a handful of border lakes like this where the Canadian side is really only accessible via boat from the US side, no access ramps on the Canadian side at all. For the US citizens who own cabins on the Canadian side, this really sucks.