Travel Is NOT The Enemy

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued warnings that tougher travel restrictions are coming. Canadians could be stranded abroad if they choose to travel. When the new testing requirement came into effect early January, requiring every Canadian boarding a plane home to provide a negative test result, some people indeed got stranded already. As annoying as that may be, traveling during a global pandemic means accepting an inherent risk of uncertain conditions, which these travellers apparently were willing to take. As a result, they now suffer the consequences. Annoying, but that’s the reality of today’s world.

Not very Canadian measures

But apparently, according to Trudeau, restrictions are about to get even tighter. The warning to be locked out and unable to come home is not very “friendly” Canadian at all, at least according to this immigrant. The new plan is to quarantine people returning to Canada in a hotel at their own expense for 14 days to limit the spread of COVID-19.…