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Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau is hoping to allow more people into the country during the pandemic under expanded categories of just who is an essential worker. “We are specifically talking about different groups that would be potentially considered to be essential workers, that have the need to cross the border for specific reasons,”
Starting Monday February 22, all travellers coming to Canada by air for non-essential reasons need to stay in government-designated hotels for three days at their own costs after getting a COVID-19 test. But the costs of those hotel stays might be less than the previously-announced sum of $2,000. “The cost of each stay will vary
Ottawa is extending its restrictions on non-U.S. international travel to Canada for another two months and its restrictions on those from the United States until March 21. “Non-essential travel restrictions with the United States have been extended until March 21,” tweeted Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair. “We will continue to base our
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced air travellers landing in Canada will be required to quarantine in a hotel at their expense from February 22. The strict measure, first announce in January, means those arriving on flights will be required to take a COVID-19 test on arrival, then stay in a government-approved hotel for three
Ottawa is extending its restrictions on non-U.S. international travel to Canada for another month, until Feb. 21. “Our government will never hesitate to take the strong action needed to keep Canadians safe from COVID-19 while maintaining essential trade with our international partners,” tweeted Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair. “With some of the
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the recruitment and retention of healthcare workers from other countries a top priority for Canada’s immigration minister Friday. In a mandate letter to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino, the Canadian prime minister described the COVID-19 pandemic as the most serious public health crisis the country has ever faced.
Canada’s federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to immigration as ‘a driver of economic growth’ during the recovery from the coronavirus crisis. In the Speech from the Throne to open a new session of parliament on September 23, Governor General Julie Payette said immigration helps ‘keep Canada competitive on the world stage’. The speech was
Canadian permanent residents who qualify to become citizens are playing a waiting game over the federal government’s promise to abolish the citizenship fee. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals made a pre-election pledge in 2019 to waive the $630 fee associated with obtaining Canadian citizenship. Since the pledge was made, the coronavirus crisis has taken grip
Canada could take steps to boost immigration from Hong Kong following the adoption of Chinese national security legislation in the former British colony. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the suspension of Canada extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Friday, at the same time suggesting increasing immigration could be among other measures taken by Ottawa. China
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the reopening of borders to international travel as the coronavirus crisis abates will happen carefully and cautiously. In his daily briefing on Monday June 22, the Liberal leader said he was keen not to make the mistake of reopening too quickly, with the potential of sparking a second wave
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