iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Jan 6, 2021 6:01am Photo: PMO Twitter account
A day after delivering his first on-camera update of Canada’s ongoing efforts to slow a second wave of COVID-19 outbreaks during which, as the Canadian Press notes, he “voiced his own frustration” with both the “slow pace of vaccine rollout” and the growing number of politicians revealed to have travelled abroad over the holidays
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fires up his webcam for another round of virtual visits, starting with a mid-morning chat with online students at Humberside Collegiate Institute in Toronto.
Later this afternoon, he’ll meet virtually with the
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Jan 5, 2021 5:47pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his daily media availability in mid-May. Andrew Meade/iPolitics
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As the public fumes about politicians who saw fit to travel internationally over the holidays while they followed public health advice and stayed at home, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned everyone who saw fit to do so.
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People line up and check in for an international flight at Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette January 05, 2021 - 8:00 PM CALGARY - The travel industry in Canada has been thrown into a tailspin by new federal rules requiring a COVID-19 test before Canadians are allowed back into the country from most international travel, says the Association of Canadian Independent Travel Advisors. The timing of Transport Minister Marc Garneau s announcement of the new protocol last Thursday New Year s Eve could not have been worse because many agents had closed their offices for the holiday long weekend, the group said in a statement.
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FILE PHOTO: An empty terminal 3, amid a spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, at Pearson airport near Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will not extend a ban on flights from Britain when it expires later on Wednesday because new measures to fight the coronavirus have made it unnecessary, Transport Minister Marc Garneau told reporters.
The initial 72-hour Canadian ban - first imposed late last month after a new variant of the virus emerged in Britain - was later extended to Jan. 6.
Starting on Thursday, people who want to fly to Canada have to prove they have tested negative for COVID-19 in the previous 72 hours.
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