Posted: Apr 25, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 25
Anti-racism demostrators take a knee near Toronto Police Headquarters during a march on Saturday, June 6, 2020. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)
Advocates for Black, Chinese, South Asian and other racialized Canadians say the federal budget takes a number of positive steps toward building a more inclusive country, but more work needs to be done to address systemic racism in Canada.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the Liberal government s first budget in two years on Monday. The budget proposes massive amounts of spending to contend with the uneven impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and pledges to create a million jobs within a year by funding an inclusive, equitable economic recovery.
The section requires that the conduct that promotes this racial hatred has to be willful, intentional and you have to deliberately do it for this purpose.
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said they are imposing the temporary ban as more passengers arrive in Canada with positive test results from India and Pakistan. “Given the higher number of cases of COVID-19 detected in air passengers arriving in Canada from India and Pakistan, Transport Canada is issuing a notice to airmen, or NOTAM, to halt direct passenger air traffic from those countries,” said Alghabra.
OTTAWA – Canada has immediately banned all commercial and private flights from India and Pakistan effective Thursday at 11:30 p.m. EST, as COVID-19 infections continue to surge in those countries.
Ministers of health, immigration, transport, public safety, and intergovernmental affairs delivered the update in a joint press conference Thursday evening, as the government faces pressure to curb variant spread domestically.
Canada bans flights from Pakistan, India
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A passenger from Air India flight 187 from New Delhi arrives at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Wednesday April 21, 2021. Photo: CANADIAN PRESS
Canada has temporarily banned flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The ban won’t be imposed on cargo flights.
Health, immigration, transport, public safety, and intergovernmental affairs ministers announced the update during a press conference on Thursday.
âGiven the higher number of cases of Covid-19 detected in air passengers arriving in Canada from India and Pakistan, Transport Canada is issuing a notice to airmen, or NOTAM, to halt direct passenger air traffic from those countries,â said Transport Minister Omar Alghabra.
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The Government of Canada has announced that it will ban passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next 30 days.
Federal officials revealed the new measure on April 22, with the ban taking effect as of 11:30 pm EST tonight.
“We’ve been saying for over a year, now is not the time to travel,” said Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport.
“Border restrictions can change at any time, and you can be stuck in another country.”
All direct commercial and private passenger flights from India and Pakistan will be included in the ban, although cargo flights will still be permitted.