Personally, the measures did not deter my travel, since my travel was unavoidable. It did, however, compel me to skip the quarantine altogether through availing myself of section 6h of the orders in council. I was originally planning to self-quarantine for the whole 2 weeks in an airbnb, it would have been a nice vacation before starting my new job. But a 2000$ pricetag? No way. Have fun with that.The idea that the cost doesn't deter travel is absurd - comments everywhere show that's not true. (And when we see claims that people are 'forced' to travel for personal reasons - well, it's funny how these essential reasons become less essential when it costs more money and time).
In order to use section 6h to avoid the quarantine, you need to report to work within the first two weeks of your stay in Canada. So, I fly in on a Friday, and on Monday I'm at work at the hospital. The border agent did helpfully point this out to me, to make sure I would be able to skip the hotel. Then I got a little sticker on my passport, and was waived through testing, waived through security, and off I went in an Uber to my airbnb.
I was mandated to self-isolate when not at work, and I did that scrupulously (groceries delivered, etc). But I just wanted to point out that the measures made me skip quarantine, instead of deterring my travel, which is deeply ironic.