Canada Will Require Negative COVID-19 Test 72 Hours Before Arrival
Dec 30, 2020, 3:27 pm
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There were 7 million people who entered Canada since the pandemic started according to the CBC. 2.5 million were truckers, people I have no problem with exemptiong.
There were a further 3+ million exempt for various reasons - this is where the rules need to change.
This is done so that the government can look good - there is no practical point to putting this requirement in - it doesnt prevent anything when we still exempt hundreds of thousands of non-essential people from any rules
There were a further 3+ million exempt for various reasons - this is where the rules need to change.
This is done so that the government can look good - there is no practical point to putting this requirement in - it doesnt prevent anything when we still exempt hundreds of thousands of non-essential people from any rules
Dec 30, 2020, 3:31 pm
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And presumably no plans for how long this requirement will be in place. Indefinitely? Until case counts start to drop permanently in Summer when enough Canadians are vaccinated and the advisory against non-essential travel possibly rescinded? Too many unanswered questions.
Dec 30, 2020, 3:34 pm
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Out of curiosity, do you receive essential worker exemptions for your travels? No word yet whether or not this even applies to those deemed essential, despite many of the news reports saying it applies to everyone. It seems this is targeting anyone traveling for non-essential reasons to further discourage them from taking trips.
Dec 30, 2020, 3:35 pm
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Exactly the point - preventing a few people from going on vacations abroad, while exempting and letting in hundreds of thousands of people who can get their boss declares them "essential" to their business, is pointless. You are putting a plug in one little hole, which leaving the floodgates open.
Exactly. My bet would be this will never get removed.
Exactly. My bet would be this will never get removed.
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Dec 30, 2020, 4:22 pm
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Folks, mod. hat on/
Let's try and steer away from what has been a very thorny issue in this forum in recent weeks which is the whole matter of who is or isn't an essential worker and why as it's enough to bring up the term as it relates to this pending federal entry requirement without getting into the much wider topic and/or debating at length individuals particular situations.
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Mod. hat off/
Let's try and steer away from what has been a very thorny issue in this forum in recent weeks which is the whole matter of who is or isn't an essential worker and why as it's enough to bring up the term as it relates to this pending federal entry requirement without getting into the much wider topic and/or debating at length individuals particular situations.
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Dec 30, 2020, 4:23 pm
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[size=13px]My take is don't worry about getting a test for your flight home.
If you get a test before your flight home, you're out of pocket a bunch of $$$ and you quarantine 14 days.
If you don't get a test, you save some $$$ and you quarantine 14 days.
Is one's principle residence considered a federally approved quarantine site?
Regardless of wether you have a test or where you quarantine, a passenger still has to quarantine for 14 days.
With the exception of Alberta.
"Travellers who are unable to procure tests before their flights home won't be stranded abroad, LeBlanc said. Immediately upon their return to Canada, he said, those passengers will be required to isolate at federally-approved sites until they obtain negative test results and meet other quarantine commitments."[/size]
If you get a test before your flight home, you're out of pocket a bunch of $$$ and you quarantine 14 days.
If you don't get a test, you save some $$$ and you quarantine 14 days.
Is one's principle residence considered a federally approved quarantine site?
Regardless of wether you have a test or where you quarantine, a passenger still has to quarantine for 14 days.
With the exception of Alberta.
"Travellers who are unable to procure tests before their flights home won't be stranded abroad, LeBlanc said. Immediately upon their return to Canada, he said, those passengers will be required to isolate at federally-approved sites until they obtain negative test results and meet other quarantine commitments."[/size]
Dec 30, 2020, 4:47 pm
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[size=13px]My take is don't worry about getting a test for your flight home.
"Travellers who are unable to procure tests before their flights home won't be stranded abroad, LeBlanc said. Immediately upon their return to Canada, he said, those passengers will be required to isolate at federally-approved sites until they obtain negative test results and meet other quarantine commitments."[/size]
"Travellers who are unable to procure tests before their flights home won't be stranded abroad, LeBlanc said. Immediately upon their return to Canada, he said, those passengers will be required to isolate at federally-approved sites until they obtain negative test results and meet other quarantine commitments."[/size]
We can all speculate, but they've said details will be a few days coming.
Dec 30, 2020, 5:47 pm
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Dec 30, 2020, 5:47 pm
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Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said
"people now vacationing in places like Florida or the Caribbean should be trying to find somewhere to get tested before preparing for their return."
"people now vacationing in places like Florida or the Caribbean should be trying to find somewhere to get tested before preparing for their return."
Dec 30, 2020, 6:34 pm
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(I'll shortly be flying MEL-DXB-YYZ on EK, 35 hours in total, leaving me 37 hours to do the test and get the results.)
Dec 30, 2020, 6:40 pm
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Canada Will Require Negative COVID-19 Test 72 Hours Before Arrival
[QUOTE=kevflyer;32924137]As reported by Richard Zussman, GlobalBC reporter.
Travelers will still have to quarantine for 14 days.
Currently unclear when this starts.
I don't understand the thread title
Is that a minimum or maximum or fixed time requirement?
This whole risk management subject is way too confusing and made up on the fly
Even now we are going to add yet another complicated subject by introducing a what-if hail-mary fix by virtue of a two step vaccine which may or may not protect persons, again within a an unproven time frame.
This convince me that the issue is manufactured to suit the news du jour to calm the ignorant public and make themselves look good by doing something.
Travelers will still have to quarantine for 14 days.
Currently unclear when this starts.
I don't understand the thread title
Is that a minimum or maximum or fixed time requirement?
This whole risk management subject is way too confusing and made up on the fly
Even now we are going to add yet another complicated subject by introducing a what-if hail-mary fix by virtue of a two step vaccine which may or may not protect persons, again within a an unproven time frame.
This convince me that the issue is manufactured to suit the news du jour to calm the ignorant public and make themselves look good by doing something.
Dec 30, 2020, 6:51 pm
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[size=13px]My take is don't worry about getting a test for your flight home.
If you get a test before your flight home, you're out of pocket a bunch of $$$ and you quarantine 14 days.
If you don't get a test, you save some $$$ and you quarantine 14 days.
Is one's principle residence considered a federally approved quarantine site?
Regardless of wether you have a test or where you quarantine, a passenger still has to quarantine for 14 days.
With the exception of Alberta.
"Travellers who are unable to procure tests before their flights home won't be stranded abroad, LeBlanc said. Immediately upon their return to Canada, he said, those passengers will be required to isolate at federally-approved sites until they obtain negative test results and meet other quarantine commitments."[/size]
If you get a test before your flight home, you're out of pocket a bunch of $$$ and you quarantine 14 days.
If you don't get a test, you save some $$$ and you quarantine 14 days.
Is one's principle residence considered a federally approved quarantine site?
Regardless of wether you have a test or where you quarantine, a passenger still has to quarantine for 14 days.
With the exception of Alberta.
"Travellers who are unable to procure tests before their flights home won't be stranded abroad, LeBlanc said. Immediately upon their return to Canada, he said, those passengers will be required to isolate at federally-approved sites until they obtain negative test results and meet other quarantine commitments."[/size]
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Dec 30, 2020, 6:56 pm
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For something like this, I'm glad to have as much warning as possible. I've got a team of people working an unspecified large sporting event in a few weeks, and I now need to find a company that can meet them at their hotel for rapid testing so they can fly home when the job's done.