Canada Will Require Negative COVID-19 Test 72 Hours Before Arrival
Dec 31, 2020, 12:44 pm
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This revised statement makes NO sense.
Does this mean airlines will have NO obligation to check whether PCR test has been procured?
On what basis will airlines be permitted to board passengers to Canada otherwise.
NO wonder GoC needs more time to produce the Order-In-Council as the airlines will be scratching their heads on what to do here.
Does this mean airlines will have NO obligation to check whether PCR test has been procured?
On what basis will airlines be permitted to board passengers to Canada otherwise.
NO wonder GoC needs more time to produce the Order-In-Council as the airlines will be scratching their heads on what to do here.
That actually sounds reasonable. Does it not?
Dec 31, 2020, 12:54 pm
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Tested at port of entry or final destination?? If someone flies from Mexico to Toronto to Vancouver how would this work? Since March all travellers have been allowed to connect to their final destination to quarantine while putting everyone on the connecting flight unknowingly at risk.
Dec 31, 2020, 12:54 pm
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Sounds like that is what it means. If you have the negative test result then you can go home and self isolate for 14 days. If you don't you get to stay at a hotel of the governments choosing (lets hope they have good taste in hotels), for a few days until can be tested and your results come back.
That actually sounds reasonable. Does it not?
That actually sounds reasonable. Does it not?
Little point of this announcement if nothing changes before departure.
Dec 31, 2020, 1:05 pm
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Tested at port of entry or final destination?? If someone flies from Mexico to Toronto to Vancouver how would this work? Since March all travellers have been allowed to connect to their final destination to quarantine while putting everyone on the connecting flight unknowingly at risk.
(reading between the lines, the majority of covid positive passengers on domestic flights were not international arrivals)
Dec 31, 2020, 1:11 pm
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Your right though that without some verifiable record keeping that CBSA can double-check all this is political spin.
Dec 31, 2020, 1:12 pm
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No reason Canada will be different than any other border. If one does not meet the entry criteria, one is denied boarding.
Dec 31, 2020, 1:13 pm
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The fact it raised more questions than it answered and did not address what airlines are to do is problematic and shows the feds are flying by the seats of their pants. Good thing they are not responsible for something important like public health or airline safety. Oh, wait let me take that back. Good thing the people responsible for planning and analysis will be back from the holidays on Monday.
Dec 31, 2020, 1:19 pm
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“Agree and want” are pipe-dreams without effective implementation!
My questions all relate to what do airlines do at port of departure to comply with announcement. Allowing returning Canadians to board without PCR makes all this mute.
I just watched the LeBlanc interview and incredible that the Minister who’s only job is to manage relations with the Provinces made this announcement, rather than Transport, Health or Public Safety?
In a word “sad”
My questions all relate to what do airlines do at port of departure to comply with announcement. Allowing returning Canadians to board without PCR makes all this mute.
I just watched the LeBlanc interview and incredible that the Minister who’s only job is to manage relations with the Provinces made this announcement, rather than Transport, Health or Public Safety?
In a word “sad”
Dec 31, 2020, 1:22 pm
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Dec 31, 2020, 2:16 pm
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Some of the media have said "departure". But in the video of the government's announcement, Mr LeBlanc quite explicitly said "arrival".
(The reliability of journalists to get the details right can be judged by today's Toronto Star, which morphed the requirement into "at least 72 hours before departure" instead of "no more than 72 hours before" arrival / departure / service of Monty's Bakehouse / whatever.)
(The reliability of journalists to get the details right can be judged by today's Toronto Star, which morphed the requirement into "at least 72 hours before departure" instead of "no more than 72 hours before" arrival / departure / service of Monty's Bakehouse / whatever.)
Dec 31, 2020, 2:23 pm
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Plenty to parse when Ministers get ahead of their officials on what is practical and doable in the time frame for implementation, which may be as little as a week.
Dec 31, 2020, 2:31 pm
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Obviously anyone with half a brain realizes this is a pointless measure that for many reasons will not actually affect case counts in Canada in any meaningful way. Most people don't know 80% will still be exempt, so it looks like wow the govt is so smart and is protecting us!
Dec 31, 2020, 2:54 pm
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I'm still waiting to see how far the mask will fall. Can't believe that anyone is still taking these clowns seriously, except that they still have so much power over our lives!
I just lived through Turkey's implementation of a PCR requirement that was rolled out so poorly that they had to delay it 72 hours after announcing it. I'm excited to see the next level of foot-in-mouth.
I just lived through Turkey's implementation of a PCR requirement that was rolled out so poorly that they had to delay it 72 hours after announcing it. I'm excited to see the next level of foot-in-mouth.