Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is considering further limits on international travel into Canada to prevent the introduction of new COVID-19 cases as calls from opposition leaders for additional pandemic measures grow louder. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week he is open to tighter restrictions but suggested existing measures are still effective. "We are considering the issue very, very seriously," Freeland said in French in response to a question about a quarantine rule. The mandatory quarantine is enforced by public health officers, who make thousands of calls per day to verify compliance, the government said in a news release last month. He accused the Liberal government of being too slow to limit travel at the beginning of the pandemic.

Source: CBC News January 25, 2021 23:37 UTC