Trudeau announced Friday morning all returning travellers into the country must go to a government isolation centre where another COVID-19 test will be taken. If a passenger tests negative, they will be allowed to return home for a strictly-enforced another 11 days. Those testing positive will be taken to another government facility for the rest of their 14-day quarantine.
Trudeau said it will cost each traveller about $2,000 for the cost of the test, accommodations and food.
The new rules weren't even announced yet Thursday night, but it appears officials at YYC were ready.
"(My wife Nikki) arrived in Calgary tonight and when she got there she was greeted by a Police Officer and an AHS official," wrote Pastor Chris Mathis on his Facebook page.
"They rejected her results and told her she needed to go immediately to an isolation facility. She was told if she resisted she would be arrested. She called me, and I immediately asked to talk with the officer. I talked with both a police officer and the AHS official, they reiterated what she had said to me. I asked for the address of where she would be, they said they could not give me the location address as it was confidential.
"I asked for their names, again they would not give me any information or their names. I pushed, I questioned, I tried to fight but they said they would arrest her if she resisted. They would not give me any information on where they were taking my wife.
"She was not allowed to get her vehicle from the airport, she was immediately put in a white van surrounded by police escorts and taken to an unknown facility that is under full surveillance and has security at every entrance and exit. You can imagine I am barely keeping myself together wondering what in the world has happened in our country in what seems to be overnight."
Earlier, Trudeau also announced all Canadian airlines had agreed to cancel all the flights to sun and sand destinations until the end of April.
"We all agree that now is just not the time to be flying," Trudeau said.
"By putting in place these tough measures now, we can look forward to a better time when we can all plan those vacations."
All international passenger flights, including from the U.S., will land at the Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Montreal airports.
Global reported the government will be hiring private security firms to help with quarantine checks on returning travellers.
Reader Comments
He is however an unschooled, inexperienced, gullible school boy playing at PM the way a five year old learning his letters plays with alphabet blocks.
What a horrible situation though. Can’t imagine the horror that woman’s family must be going through. And unfortunately such stories are a daily occurrence now
As re above: the school boy playing. Right on.
They have support staff if you get creeped out and people with whom to just shoot the sh*t. And yeah, it's sh*tty but it's at least decent sh*tty . . . with good food three times a day.
As well, I know a few people my age who've had whatever Covid is and they tell me it's a damn rough ride, even though you do get through it.
So the Red Cross people aren't out of control Nazis, they're professionals doing a good job of breaking any 'infection chains.' For instance the guy doing the HEPA-rated room cleaning has been a hazmat clean-up specialist for 20 years, they have RNs on staff to look after you if you do get sick and psychologist social workers to help if you start getting all stir crazy. And there are exercise places . . . and no booze on the menu, about which he whined but never mind.
While he was there he set up a secure, 3-way chat using 'Keybase' and he and I and my best friend in Portland OR did a slew of good work getting printed circuit boards laid out for some vacuum tube-based high end audio gear I designed and will produce as kits for the now burgeoning home-based DIY market.
I did the basic circuit designs, he did the board layouts using his MacBook Pro, a 4K monitor he had with him on purpose and Altium to do the layout work with AutoDesk Fusion 360 to do the CAD drawings for Altium to 3D render. Between us, my best friend Jenn in Portland and I panel beat the layouts into shape.
The work of course went slowly, we could have done it all in a third the time had we all been together but hey, we got the job done and meal delivery got to be a running joke because Jenn and I were of course doing our own cooking and cleaning and so on while he, the weasel, had room service showing up three times a day, and he sent pix . . . gloating :-)
I love the tech talk.
RC
Have a look here [Link] and scroll down to 'Research, Prototype and Development Projects ' then click on, 'PEARL KT-88/KT-120 50-watt Monoblock Power Amplifier' and scroll down until you see internal shots of hand done point-to-point wiring. The printed circuits we laid out supplant that lovely, time burning method of construction for more modern methods that enable consistent construction quality, particularly from the hands of DIY-ers who aren't as practised as they might be.
Ps, G.O., supra: Well, being that it was white, I'd guess that you could say that the van was wan.
RC
I notice a similar pattern around the globe.
The TV ‘news’ and advertising is continuous: ‘get tested’ ‘vaccines coming soon’ ‘stay masked’. It is non stop fear mongering to encourage high vaccine acceptance.
The lies are obvious to me but the propaganda is intense and continual, Ozzie’s are blinded.
Also, I am confident that most of here have had to to think about those same questions. We were raised to be kind, to try to do good, to try to be humble, (Lord, it's hard sometimes. ) and the fear of such thoughts appearing to be, or actually being hubristic and overly self important is 'strong in those questions." )
Good work, Good Optics.
RC
I think first I desired truth (maybe more than most people) and it would be interesting to see if that resonates with others here. Also I desired a relationship with God and desired to learn what was going on in the world, and that has increased the flow of information to me and accelerated my learning.
The bonus has been that while I have learnt more, I value the relationships here even more than sharing the information. Maybe caring relationships and learning go together; I know sharing a common purpose enhances the experience.
Remini
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