Feds say non-citizens will be able to return to Canada from Wuhan with their Canadian children, but there is still no word on when Canada's plane will be allowed by Chinese authorities to pick them up
"We insisted on the concept of family unity," Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Monday in Ottawa.
"We will be in touch with Canadians in Wuhan later this afternoon to provide them all the necessary details," Champagne said. China is allowing only foreign nationals from all countries to board repatriation flights, but Champagne said Canada insisted that children be able to fly with their primary caregivers, even if they are permanent residents, and China agreed to let this happen.Hajdu says China will not allow anyone who is showing symptoms of coronavirus to board a flight to leave the country, even if they are Canadian citizens, as part of that country's efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus.
The Ontario base was chosen because it has the space to allow large numbers of people to be processed quickly, and a facility where people can be housed with dignity, said Hajdu.
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