Tuesday, May 19, 2020

SEE: Kettle, Pot, Black

Non-essential travel to the US (excepting illegal migration, of course) is still banned for legitimate travellers or workers:
What happens then remains an open question, but one the federal government is already thinking about, said Trudeau, who described the U.S. as a “source of vulnerability” when it comes to the risk of importing cases of COVID-19.

Yes, about that:

Warning about travel to Wuhan, China: 

January 6 – (US) The Center for Disease Control issued a travel notice for the epicentre of the outbreak
January 9 – (Canada) Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam tweets a travel warning to the area ...
Implementing travel restrictions: 

January 29 – (Canada) Dr Theresa Tam says to follow the WHO and not implement travel bans
January 31 – (US) Trump announces travel restrictions on China
January 31 – (Canada) Border official says they don’t have a list of 24 countries where the virus has spread; only limiting identifying passengers who have been to Wuhan
February 2 – (Canada) Trudeau underlines the importance for Canada to combat racism
February 29 – (US) Trump announces travel advisory to Italy and South Korea and bans travel to Iran 
March 4 – (Canada) Hajdu says the border is not relevant to the spread of coronavirus
March 5 – (Canada) Trudeau defends Canada’s open borders approach, denounces knee-jerk reaction 
March 11 – (US) Trump announces travel restriction to Europe 
March 12 – (Canada) Travellers arriving from Italy reporting that they are not being interviewed or screened 
March 13 – (Canada) Hajdu says “border measures are highly ineffective” and could create harm
March 14 – (US) Trump extends travel restrictions to UK and Ireland 
March 16 – (Canada) Trudeau finally restricts international flights except for diplomats and Americans
March 17 – (Canada, US) Both countries mutually agree to close their borders to non-essential travel
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Trudeau declined to answer questions regarding updated coronavirus numbers in China

The death toll in China was drastically revised in April and many people were not surprised by the new higher records.

Trudeau appeared indifferent to the updates. When asked to comment on them he proceeded to dodge the question and stated that his only concern is that Canadians see "support" and "protection." ...

Trudeau would not condemn China for its handling of the pandemic

Trudeau was criticized by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer for this reason.

"It’s becoming more and more clear we cannot depend on China as a reliable ally, as a partner in our values," said Scheer.

"We need to re-think our relationship with China."

Trudeau spoke about the issue at a press briefing saying, “My job right now is to make sure that Canadians get the best support, the best protection, and are able to get through this as best we possibly can."

"There will be plenty of time to point fingers, to ask questions to draw conclusions and to make sure that there are consequences for things that different countries may have done during this pandemic right now. My job is to look out for Canadians."
 

From the comments section for the beginning article:




But keep parading around the American bogey-man, Justin.Critical thinking is just not a national pastime anyway.

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