The point is to discourage travel altogether
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Bring them food all at once , leave it at reception , so hotel workers could take it to them
Non-essential travel is, including but not limited to travel for tourism, entertainment or recreation. So, that means not everything else is essential. I am not trying to discourage you but it is up to the border officer to decide and for the traveller to demonstrate that their travel is really essential.
It was intended to deter canadians from travelling abroad. Family members coming to Canada shouldn't be forced to spent 2 000 for 3 days in hotel if they have a quarantine plan that will cost them almost nothing. That would be a very dishonest move by the government
It was a logical decision that should have been done prior to last Thanksgiving holiday.
Spring break is coming and due to the current lack of vaccine, they don't want Jet-set partiers zipping away to warm places
and bringing back new virus variants after bingeing on Tequila. Obviously they don't trust everyone will follow the rules and
quarantine at home for 14 days.
Don't think it was a dishonest move but $2k for 3 days in a hotel with a Covid test is a little on the steep side.
Maybe more info to roll out regarding family members coming to Canada?
How about the travelers bring their own food for the 3 days? No need for anyone to bring them food.
Respectfully, I think you've missed the point above: the point is to discourage travel, NOT make it more affordable.
Let's wait and see what the regulations say when published - still not clear how it will work and whether it will apply (and how) to PRs arriving.
I haven't seen the published regs and so I don't know; I don't think anyone does yet.
I could speculate and state my personal preferences (as a family of five, ouch), but that won't help anyone.
But the 'can we bring our own food' discussion is missing the point; even if they did let you bring your own instanoodles, it would still be costly. It's clear from the announcement that the real expense is the staffing and special quarantine measures, etc. (Sounds to me like they will take over entire hotel complexes for this, and shut them off for everything else)
I'd also note: keep in mind this is not permanent, and certainly will change/be adjusted as previous measures have. Right now this is a special measure for another peak in covid cases. When and how it will change, I don't know and suspect no-one does - will depend on much else.
Official: https://www.canada.ca/en/transport-canada/news/2021/01/government-of-canada-introduces-further-restrictions-on-international-travel.html
As soon as possible in the coming weeks, all air travellers arriving in Canada, with very limited exceptions, must reserve a room in a Government of Canada-approved hotel for three nights at their own cost, and take a COVID-19 molecular test on arrival at their own cost. More details will be available in the coming days.
But I agree with @armoured that it will change. Hoping everything eases out by Mar-Apr