Originally Posted by
NWIFlyer
The political/friendship/partnership angle is a very different one, and inevitably some of these decisions will have a political angle to some degree or other. This one smacks of a mutual back scratching exercise - the UK appears tough and in control, the Canadian administration gets some of the restrictions it wants without having to take responsibility for them.
It’s a win-win for everyone except the citizens.
This would make the most sense if we are trying to understand what the reasons are behind Canada being 'red' in UK's chart.
Who knows what is going on behind closed doors when governments talk to each other, making this kind of decisions and having some transparency would certainly go a long way as long reasoning is logical and makes sense.