Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are defending long weekend travel decisions that appeared to contradict public health pandemic orders. As a result, those on board the packed nine-seater Challenger jet could not maintain the two-metre distance prescribed by public health officials to control the spread of COVID-19. But public health officials in Quebec have been telling residents of neighbouring Ontario to not visit their country residences across the provincial border for the duration of the emergency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a reporter's question about travelling to Harrington Lake to see his family for Easter. "We continue to follow all the instructions from public health authorities."

Source: CBC News April 14, 2020 18:45 UTC