From the CBC:
“Fully vaccinated Canadians,
permanent residents can soon skip hotel stay: Hajdu”
The federal government says fully
vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents crossing the border into Canada
will soon no longer be required to stay at a hotel for part of their quarantine
period. Health Minister Patty Hajdu said the government is hoping to ease some
restrictions in stages, starting in early July. She said those fully vaccinated
Canadians and permanent residents will still have to take a COVID-19 test on
arrival and have an isolation plan until their test comes back negative.
This relaxation of the rules
applies only to Canadian citizens who have obtained both doses of a COVID-19
vaccine approved by Health Canada. It does not apply to tourists. The plan
depends on case counts, said Hajdu. "We'll be watching carefully here in
Canada and around the world as cases change and as vaccination rates
rise," she said. Sources — who are not being named by CBC because they are
not authorized to speak publicly about the issue — said that more details about
lifting restrictions for the wider population are still pending. On Feb. 22,
the federal government started requiring all air travellers returning from
non-essential trips abroad to isolate in federally mandated facilities for up
to 72 hours while they await the results of polymerase chain reaction tests —
commonly known as PCR tests — for COVID-19. People arriving at land borders are
required to take COVID-19 tests when they enter the country and again during
their 14-day isolation period.
The Conservatives, meanwhile,
accused the government of presenting a half-baked plan to lift border
restrictions that gives Canadians no "clarity on a path forward." "The
Liberals announced no dates, no metrics, and presented no plan," said a
party media statement. "It's clear the government is not following the
science and not listening to its own experts. "Canadians deserve better than this. They
deserve a government that will put forward benchmarks for safely lifting
COVID-19 restrictions within areas of federal jurisdiction, and give Canadians
hope that we will return to normal. "Canada's Conservatives continue to
call on Justin Trudeau to immediately scrap his unscientific and unsafe
quarantine hotel program. Canadians can't afford more pandemic mismanagement
from Justin Trudeau."
^ The Canadian Government hasn’t
really said anything new here. They have simply said they hope to change things
sometime next month with no timeline and no concrete answers. ^
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