More than 1.6 million arrived at border without using ArriveCAN but fewer than 200 were fined cdnpoli
The government said Monday it would lift all COVID-19-related travel measures on Oct. 1, including the requirement that travellers to Canada use the ArriveCAN app to provide COVID-19 vaccine, health and travel information before they arrive. The move follows opposition to the app from business groups, including the travel and tourism industry, and the Conservative Party.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency wasn’t able to, by deadline, provide updated information about how many of those travellers would have benefitted from the one-time exemption the government quietly introduced over the summer. The agency also doesn’t keep track of how many people fill out the app after they arrive at the border.for Canadian citizens and permanent residents in May, and extended it to foreign nationals in July.
Asked Monday whether those fines will stay in place, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said the question should be directed to the federal justice minister. “That is a decision made by the justice system and obviously independent of political interference,” he said.Article content