Originally Posted by
Badenoch
Many of those who are coming into Canada by land are essential to maintaining supply chains but tighter scrutiny on who is truly essential would be worth the effort. What is certain however is that while desirable there is nothing essential about a winter vacation in the sun.
And nothing essential to many of the goods being imported either to maintain all supply chains as
according to statistics provided by the Canada Border Services Agency — cross-border commercial traffic has remained relatively stable throughout the pandemic. Just think how many virus cases there must be from truckers importing non-essential lamp shades or frivolous luxury goods so why not limit those imports if the goal is easy targets to reduce the virus from entering the country? I'd expect however the Canadian public wouldn't welcome those kind of non-essential restrictions as easily as they applaud others.