LILLEY: Variants arriving shows Canada must tighten border restrictions 5,159 people with COVID arrived in Canada via air travel between Feb. 22 and April 29, But how many are entering the country via our land borders?
Author of the article: Brian Lilley
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • 22 hours ago • 3 minute read •
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It’s still just a variant of interest, not one of concern yet, but health officials in Ottawa and London have sounded the alarm about recent cases of the B1.617 variant showing up in their communities.
That’s the double variant first discovered in India in March and first reported in Canada in April.
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Will the Liberal government’s costly blunders and moral lapses never end? In the past few weeks Canadians have been subjected to assaults on their health, economic wellbeing and fundamental values. Yet by skillfully and cynically exploiting the pandemic, shifting blame to the provinces, claiming undeserved credit, never admitting fault and especially doling out hundreds of billions of dollars to those in need but also to many who were not, the Liberals have managed, so far, to avoid harsh condemnation from the public or from a largely forgiving media. It is all very remarkable.
Consider just four of their worst failures.
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Air Canada called on Ottawa to ease travel restrictions as the airline, which reported a first-quarter loss of $1.3 billion, plans for its post pandemic recovery.
An Air Canada ticketing station is shown at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Air Canada called on Ottawa to ease travel restrictions as the airline, which reported a first-quarter loss of $1.3 billion, plans for its post pandemic recovery. The current mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals has proven ineffective. It should be eliminated, Michael Rousseau said Friday in his first quarterly conference call since becoming CEO.
LILLEY: Variants arriving shows Canada must tighten border restrictions 5,159 people with COVID arrived in Canada via air travel between Feb. 22 and April 29, But how many are entering the country via our land borders?
Author of the article: Brian Lilley
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • 1 day ago • 3 minute read •
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It’s still just a variant of interest, not one of concern yet, but health officials in Ottawa and London have sounded the alarm about recent cases of the B1.617 variant showing up in their communities.
That’s the double variant first discovered in India in March and first reported in Canada in April.