So if they are serious about slowing or stopping the virus there is a very easy solution. Use the quick antigen test and if it's a positive result from an international traveller, put them back on the return flight. No lawyers no exceptions.
Also check the authenticity of the negative result that got them on the plane. If it's fake, nail them to the wall. It's time to hold individuals responsible and quit painting everyone with the same brush. The Canadian government has said that over 98% of returning travellers comply with the law.
So the big question is why are they punishing law abiding citizens. Time for the Canadian government to put the big boy panties on and hold the idiots that cheat accountable and leave the rest of us alone.
Rarely do governments do the hard thing. Let’s see how the new DR administration does with its corruption cleanup initiative. They make take down some minions but I highly doubt the big boys will spend time behind bars. Checks and balances are in place to prevent the prosecution of Medina. I’m hoping the new administration can legally get around them and snare a kingpin.
The Canadian government finds it much easier to harass a Canadian taxpayer for a $1000 debt than pursue charges against a Canadian billionaire hiding his money in a tax haven.
They restricted Canadian travel between the Caribbean and Mexico because it was easy. The hard thing would have been blocking flights to Florida and Arizona, as well. The political influence and wealth of Canadian snowbirds with property in these states made the government take the easy road. They contribute to the Liberals and the Liberals aren’t going to bite the hand that feeds them. Similar to what happens in the US with the GOP and the NRA.
It was easier to coerce the Canadian airlines into voluntary compliance instead of issuing a government ban. The knew the airlines were hurting financially and a financial carrot backed with taxpayers money was too hard for the airlines to resist.
That’s why they will never close the land borders or add a Covid concentration camp stay for land border crossers. It’s
a hard thing to do politically. It’s easier to turn a blind eye to it and hope the problem resolves itself in time.
They have a month’s breathing room to work out how to deal with travellers from India, Pakistan, and other highly infected countries. They will waste it fighting other fires currently raging in Canada.
Restricting our travel freedoms is tip of the government driven, “grand reset”, iceberg. I don’t believe in conspiracies but the Canadian government has shown us their hand with international travel restrictions and we are the chips in a dangerous political poker game that could affect our future rights and freedoms.
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