The Canadian Airports Council is asking the federal government to do away with COVID\u002D19 protocols at customs to clear up the travel chaos.
The council blames COVID-19 protocols and has called on the federal government to do away with random tests and public health questions at customs to ease the serious delays passengers face when they arrive in Canada.
“We’re seeing that we clearly cannot have these public health requirements and testing at our borders as we get back to regular travel,” she said. “Getting back to regular travel with these health protocols and testing in place, the two can’t coexist without a significant pressure and strain on our system,” Pasher said.We apologize, but this video has failed to load.Public health measures have scaled up and down over the course of the pandemic as waves of the virus have come and gone. Right now, they are the least restrictive they have been in months, with vaccinated travellers tested only on a random basis.
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