New Border Regulations

moisheh wrote:
I doubt there are very many people that will be flying to Canada with the new rules. It will be interesting to see how they will handle land borders?.

The info given to us in the aviation community said “ The Government of Canada will introduce a 72-hour pre-arrival testing requirement (molecular test) for travellers seeking entry in land mode, with limited exceptions such as commercial truckers.”.

The other interesting tidbit it contained was with regard to the self-quarantine for land travellers, compliance has always been an issue, until now .....

“ To ensure travellers’ awareness and compliance with quarantine requirements, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is working with security companies to help complete compliance checks for travellers arriving in Canada. Employees of these companies were trained by PHAC and authorized as Screening Officers under the Quarantine Act. These Screening Officers will visit travellers’ quarantine locations to establish contact, confirm identity and confirm that travellers are at the place of quarantine they identified upon entry into Canada. These new officers will conduct visits in 35 cities across the country, starting in Montréal and Toronto.”

No more phone calls (which was hugely abused) a rel live human being (a private security guard) will make random visits to ensure you are there.

I think you will shortly see further restrictions on entry points by land too. There are legal rights of entry for all citizens but the government has the absolute right to determine where that point will be. My friend was turned away and told to fly in and either leave the motorhome he was driving in the US (6 hours from his destination) or have it shipped. They are getting very serious about people not immediately going into quarantine upon arrival. No more ‘mister nice-guy’.