According to unnamed sources speaking with CTV News, the federal government plans to relax COVID-19 restrictions by the end of September, which includes dropping the ArriveCAN app requirement.
CTV News says vaccination requirements, random COVID-19 testing and ArriveCAN app usage are set to end by month’s end. The app has been criticized for causing delays and also erroneously telling people to quarantine by accident.
Currently, vaccination requirements are still in place for foreign nationals entering Canada; it was dropped for Canadians traveling on planes and trains back in the summer.
The call for the federal government to end COVID-19 restrictions has been long advocated by travel and tourism groups, citing the requirements are causing a decline in business.
The union for Canadian border agents has long said the ArriveCAN app has caused customs agents to act as ‘tech support’, with the app requirement causing airport delays for travellers that are unaware of its requirement at points of entry.
The Globe and Mail says these changes will apply at land, air and sea ports of entry. But mask requirements on planes and trains will stay.
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Hopefully this is true, although they should also drop the mask mandates on planes and trains as well. Those where never based on science from the get go.
Easiest way to identify Canadians in a foreign airport is the group of people with mask lines on their faces. Not kidding.
For people that rely on these types of crutches to make them feel safe, how are they ever going to leave the house as these unnecessary measures are removed while the situation is otherwise the same as it’s been for the last 7-8 months? Suffering from self-infected paranoia and agoraphobia will take some of them decades to get over, if ever.
The quickest way to identify the covid PTSD crowd here is to look at the down votes on this comment. The shell shocked will come out from the basement long enough to down vote. Inhaling too much hand sanitizer maybe.
I’m sure there’s going to be an mRNA vaccine for self-inflicted paranoia and agoraphobia soon. I mean, it is current year after all
Oh yes. The pro trucker and anti-vax movement strike again.
lol. Love this guy. We have a true believer! Hallelujah brother!
Nord tends to believe science is foolish, common sense is the devil’s work and intelligence is a gimmick. You’ll have to forgive him. He was raised to be the type that blindly follows men like Trudeau.
He’s the guy that said Trudeau in black face wasn’t racist and Trudeau groping women wasn’t sexiest because he’s “too good”.
Trying to make sense of his posts is like trying to understand a drunken monkey.
I’m not necessarily pro trucker, I just support the right to protest. And I have plenty of vaccinations, probably more than you do, although give it 6 months and I am sure you will have more than me.
And the earth is round wasn’t based on science either according to your mindset.
Hopefully this is true, although they should also drop the mask mandates on planes and trains as well. Those where never based on science from the get go.
Also, double ‘to’ in the title of this article
Whoops, fixed thanks!
Trudolf and his ego
What do you mean? He does everything perfectly and is never at fault.
And so does your idol McDonald Trump and Jeff Rogan.
You have me all figured out. You’re the one letting those people live rent free in your mind