(Ottawa) The federal government will provide an update Monday morning on the health measures still in place at Canadian borders. Sources had told The Canadian Press this week that these would expire as planned on September 30.
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Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra and other ministers will meet the media at 8:30 a.m. Monday morning for a press conference on the border measures.
On Thursday, two high-level government sources spoke anonymously to The Canadian Press to confirm that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had agreed to allow the executive order imposing COVID-19 vaccination requirements at the Canadian border to expire on September 30. .
If the news is confirmed on Monday, it will also have the effect of ending mandatory testing for unvaccinated international travelers as well as random testing for those who are vaccinated.
The rules on wearing a mask on planes and trains are not contained in the same decree and will be discussed separately.
The decree, which expires on September 30, will also have the effect of eliminating the mandatory component of the ArriveCan application on vaccination proof. The app could continue to be useful to facilitate other border checks.
On Friday, elected officials in the northern United States rejoiced to learn that Canada was about to drop COVID-19 vaccination requirements for foreign visitors – and now they want the US administration to do so as much.