health officials say passengers will not be permitted to disembark if cruise ships arrive at the province's ports later this summer although it's still unclear if the federal government will decide whether to resume the cruise ship season on July 1. Henry said the province has made its position clear about the possible resumption of cruise ship visits. We are as you can imagine not in favour of cruise ships coming into anywhere in British Columbia." "So if a cruise ship somehow had somehow planned to come here, then we would not be allowing people to come off the cruise ship for example." Henry noted there are still Canadians who have been working on cruise ships which remain unable to dock in places around the world.

Source: CBC News May 13, 2020 04:07 UTC