Even after the Trudeau government gave its assurance that Canadian passport holders, including dual citizens, as well as permanent Canadian residents, were exempt from the travel ban, the question still lingered for many who had trips planned: is it safe to travel? Toronto’s Mehrdad Hariri, CEO of the Canadian Science Policy Centre, has a Canadian passport but is still unsure whether he will attend a conference in Boston in two weeks. Much of the confusion this weekend seemed to stem from a statement put out by the U.S. State Department Saturday that the travel ban would encompass dual-citizenship Canadians from one of the seven targeted countries. It said that Daniel Jean, Canada’s national security advisor, had spoken to his American counterpart confirming that dual citizens were not affected by the ban. Jean told reporters Sunday he didn’t think the U.S. government understood all of the consequences of the travel ban before signing it.

Source: National Post January 30, 2017 00:13 UTC