Originally Posted by yvrcnx

Just wondering where the idea comes from that there is little or no supervision on people returning to Canada - honest question, not trying to belittle your statement and I don't work for the government of Canada, though I wish I was right now with stable and guaranteed income.

My son and I came back from Europe mid-November visiting family, especially my mother who has been waiting for us since March since that trip got cancelled and she is not getting younger.

Upon returning we filled in a form online as well as on the plane, both were printed out and passed on to Immigration at YVR.
We both live in the same household and were called 3 different times during our 2 weeks in "quarantine" which we had no problem with taking.

2 calls came from Service Canada during our first and second week and one call came from the RCMP approximately on day 10. I missed one call from Service Canada because I was upstairs and didn't hear the phone. She left a message to please answer the next call so that they could make sure we were home. She did call about 2 hours later again and we talked.

It seemed to me that they were quite diligent with following up and I have heard from others who had a personal visit from the RCMP because they couldn't be reached by phone.
Maybe we were just "lucky" and an exception but it does look like they are doing their best to follow up.

There is no way of bullet proofing this situation unless Canada does what China, New Zealand or Australia are doing and with the required test upon return to Canada coming soon, it will add another layer of protection but it won't be 100%, just have a look at what is happening in Thailand despite their current very strict entry rules.

I am not saying one or the other way is right or wrong but the government can only do so much and we as adults do have resonsibility as well. There is no way we'll be able to control everyone and everything unless we want to change to a system as can be found in a country like China.

People partying in Mexico and then returning to Canada not keeping quarantine requirements is a problem but with having to get tested before returning will for sure put off many people from going overseas, especially if testing is required in the country being visited, which is becoming more and more the norm, as well as returning which can easily add testing costs of over $ 400 per person.

Originally Posted by IWontRegretThis

Im sorry but compared to at least HK, this is hardly taking the quarentine seriously.

HK requires:

Phone App, GPS wristband, AND regular check ups, on top of the now 21 day hotel booking where you asre basically locked in for 21 days. (Is the wristband thing still in place with the hotel? When I came back in early Nov it was still in place but that was with the home quarentine option). Much more than just simple phone calls.