Legault calls for ban on non-essential travel 19 January 2021 at 18 h 42 min Reading time: 3 min
By Gordon Lambie
Speaking to media on Tuesday afternoon, Quebec Premier François Legault said that he has asked the Federal Government to ban all non-essential international flights in order to prevent the spread of a growing number of COVID-19 variants. Legault called the trend of people making international trips during a pandemic “increasingly worrying” and said that he wants to avoid seeing a repeat of the circumstances last spring where international travelers brought the virus home with them from abroad.
“It is time to act,” the premier said, arguing that if the federal government could close the borders in the spring, they can do it again now. He specified that he could see there being room for an exception in the case of travelling to see dying family members or resolve immigration issues, but made several references to “all-inclusives in Punta C
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