fully vaccinated, eligible travellers — and the country’s border agents are expecting more this weekend.The Canada Border Services Agency says incoming traffic last week increased about 25 per cent after quarantine rules were waived Monday for fully vaccinated Canadians, permanent residents and others already allowed to cross the border.
Travel restrictions still remain, despite some being relaxed on July 5, CBSA warns But despite the agency’s best efforts to publicize the requirements, roughly half of the people seeking the exemption had to be turned away, said Denis Vinette, vice-president of the agency’s travellers branch.“It’s a question, I think, of folks not understanding the rules,” Vinette said in an interview.Only Canadian.