Canada fines air passengers for submitting false COVID test reports Times of IndiaTIMESOFINDIA.COM|TRAVEL NEWS, CANADA Created : Feb 20, 2021, 14:30 IST Canada has fined two passengers for showing a false COVD-19 test before boarding a flight to the country. Referring to this, the Canadian Transport regulator said that this is the first time that travellers have been fined since the introduction of mandatory pre-departure negative tests in January. Reportedly, the said travellers before boarding the flight to Canada, made a false declaration about their health status after they tested positive for COVID a few days before the flight. Transport Canada issued a statement stating that while one of the passengers was fined Canadian $10000, the other was fined Canadian $7000 for falsifying the COVID-19 test when they travelled from Mexico on January 23. The statement further added that the two travellers knowingly boarded a flight to Canada from Mexico on January 23, 2021, after testing positive for COVID-19 just a few days before their flight.