Anyone returning to Canada from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic will no longer just be asked to self-isolate upon their return — that order is now mandatory.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu said during an appearance at the Senate on Wednesday that the government is done asking those returning to Canada from other countries to respect the request to go directly home and stay there for 14 days.
She is now invoking the Quarantine Act to force them to do so. Earlier this month, we asked all travellers to self-isolate when they returned to Canada.
Today, we are making this isolation mandatory under the Quarantine Act to better protect our most vulnerable. pic.twitter.com/bKLdKh4mEu — Patty Hajdu (@PattyHajdu) March 25, 2020 The move comes after