Article content The federal government wishes to control the spread of COVID-19 and its variants by restricting travel in and out of Canada. This, at least, is the claim of the Trudeau Liberals. The government has therefore mandated hotel stays along with stipulating widespread testing of returning travellers. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or HASSAN: Hotel quarantines are really about punishing people Back to video The policy is nothing short of a farce. What the government really wants is to punish individuals who ignore its recommendations to avoid non-essential travel. As Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington said, the mandatory government-designated hotels are more like prisons. The hotel guests are like inmates.