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Foreign citizens entering Alberta to work in the oilsands have been exempt from federal COVID-19 restrictions at the border since June 2020, including the 14-day quarantine.
Alberta Health spokesperson Tom McMillan said in a Tuesday email these workers were declared essential after the federal government granted them permission to cross the border. The province’s guidelines on exempt workers have been online since last spring.
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“They can go to work without the quarantine. That’s the federal provision and we mirror it,” said McMillan in an email, adding they are still required to follow the province’s health restrictions.
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