They did not and Virgin Atlantic Air line said covid test not needed if you are travelling from Nigeria....our covid rate here is extremely very low out of 200 million people only about 65,000 is positive and the death rate is less than 2000...I can say to an extent that COVID is not in Nigeria I stand to be CORRECTED though....I was not also asked about quarantine plans when I landed in Toronto though maybe from my house address they can see is a privately owned house with basement and 3 extra floors and just me and my wife and 4 kids [immediate family] lives there.
Only slightly concerning because they definitely didn't look up your property on google maps. I have heard that others have been asked about their quarantine plans. So disappointing to see that after a year they still haven't got a good system for checking to see if people have appropriate quarantine plans. The follow-up system isn't great either. The Canada covid response is really up to every person to educate themselves and research appropriate protocols. Poor communication and the inability to be firm and explain consequences is why most provinces are having such high rates of covid. We should be following the Maritimes where they have been more direct and do more and better targeted testing. The next few months are going to be very bad. Would also add that not allowing people to gather within many Canadian regions but allowing family members to fly in to visit makes absolutely no sense. People justifying that sitting on the beach in Florida creates no extra risk versus staying at home in Canada for the holidays is ridiculous. People are still having birthday parties and at least one became a super spreader event. Apologize for hijacking your thread but I have essentially been in isolation for almost a year and this is like watching a car accident in slow motion. They really need to show how bad the hospitals are and how much covid attacks our body. Maybe showing people who have lost a limb, those who need dialysis, who need a walker in their 30s/40s, etc. would convince people to really buckle down so businesses can open up before going bankrupt and we may not need to spend the winter stuck in the house. Perhaps then people would take covid more seriously.
I dont think you are absolutely right....before visa was issued I was asked to come up with my quarantine plan for 14 days and address where I intend to observe it which I did....upon landing in Toronto he looked up at my address and said there will be follow up with emails and phone calls which they did the next day and other subsequent days where I do my daily quarantine report thru ARRIVE CAN application as soon as I arrived I received a notification,my wife was also called by the CBSA confirming that am at home and having my quarantine in our basement.
Also doesn't make sense to make people stay home and close business yet let people arrive from abroad sometime affected by covid unless there is a compassionate reason. There have been increasing numbers of people arriving with covid. Many would not qualify provincial healthcare. You may have quarantined properly but many aren't. Many don't have the space to quarantine properly and don't rent a hotel or airbnb.
I understand your concern, but try living without parents for 11 years. Knowing they are super alone there and we can not leave our jobs to see them. Its both ways. They must be sitting in home there but they are alone. They will be sitting here in home BUT WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
Still doesn't make sense. Like everyone else delaying seeing family until covid is more in control worldwide is a sacrifice for the greater good of Canada. With covid cases surging nobody should be travelling because that's how covid spreads. That also means Canadians shouldn't be travelling elsewhere as well. If a FN gets sick most will not have enough medical insurance to cover their care and place even more strain on the health system. An ICU stay is around 20K/day. Would add than many are not quarantining or quarantining properly. I don't make the rules but like premier Ford I am very frustrated to see the amount of people entering Canada. When the federal government explains that people are only arriving in Canada for essential reasons that's actually not correct. Lots of extended family and people returning from a vacation. Just a reminder that your parents can't quarantine with you they must remain separated from you in something like a basement or an airbnb.
