non-essential travelers - stop whining
3/9/2021 at 2:00 AM
I have gotten to the point I have to say something to the people who have travelled outside of Canada on non-essential travel and now are complaining about rules about returning.
Non-essential travel -
1. traveling to jump the line for vaccinations is non-essential and takes away from the people in that country the vaccinations needed for their citizens.
2. sorry lady who said traveling south to visit her 87 year old mother was essential as it may be the last time she sees her. Sorry non-essential as there are many of us here who are not allowed to visit our elderly or other family members and we live down the street from them and they are dying alone. plus we don't need you bringing covid 19 back to Canada
3. sorry snow birds that was non-essential travel no matter what the reasons. There are other seniors who would love to travel south in the past but could not afford it. if you can travel to and from and stay there you can afford the fee for returning.
4. being vaccinated does not make you fully protected or not being able to bring covid 19 back to Canada. No prove yet on how effective vaccine is until herd immunity is reached.
5. sorry just because you have the 72 hour prior to departing negative certificate doesn't mean you are not bringing back covid 19. you can catch it in that 72 hour period or on the plane plus there are fake negative certificates out there which you may not or may have know you were buying.
6. shame on all who are trying to go around the rules by flying close to the border than crossing by land. As far as I am concerned there should be testing at all border crossings and a fee for crossing to pay for it. This handing out self testing packages is crazy. At the very least a set amount of time should be set for you at border to get home to self isolate and be tested at a site in Canada.
7. to the young man who says he can't afford the fee to fly back to Canada. you went on a non-essential flight to visit your girlfriend after Christmas. said you can't pay as you were out of work because of Covid 19 until September 2020 when you got a job. Don't know about others but I know of no job that lets you take a vacation after only working a few months plus the 14 day isolation when you get back or when you crossed the border by land or did you intend not to do that. thanks for risking bringing back covid 19.
8. to the lady who traveled at beginning of March and now complaining about costs to return. too bad it wasn't like you didn't know about it.
9. to the lady complaining about her hotel bill for 3 nights and the cost per night. Sorry I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know that hotel room prices are based on how many people. you can't get one room and have a bunch of people in there without paying for it. when you phoned for a quote you probably didn't let on there was more than one of you since you said the front desk was surprised to see so many of you.
Notice to all non-essential travelers:
We have in Canada been in a covid-19 pandemic for a year. for the rest of the world longer. Unless you were living under a rock, you knew. So why did you travel ? As my mother use to say.....Cry me a river....
stay home or at the least in Canada.
essential is a very limited list.