A Cambridge resident has been left frustrated and confused after her mother, a Canadian permanent resident, was turned away from a flight that would have brought her back to Canada. Blessing Jayakumar's mother is 70, and was all set to board an Air France flight from Bangalore to Toronto via Paris when, Jayakumar says, employees turned her away. Jayakumar contends that there was no information anywhere that indicated this was a rescue flight, or that permanent residents would not be allowed. "Then I sent her information from [a] Canadian website that said that Canadian citizens and permanent residents are allowed to come back into the country," she said. A government of Canada website regarding this issue states "Landed permanent residents without symptoms of COVID-19 can travel to Canada."

Source: CBC News September 04, 2020 09:57 UTC