COVID-19.Higgs said Quebec visitors would first need to register online and would be screened at the border. He said there is a strong sense of community between Quebecers and the New Brunswick cities of Campbellton and Edmundston.“This will be controlled,” the premier said. “It will be isolated in the region and we do rely on the integrity of individuals not to bring (COVID-19) across the border.”Quebecers who live by the New Brunswick border would not be able to travel to other provinces in Atlantic Canada without self-isolating for two weeks.
The agreement, Higgs said, doesn’t open up the rest of Quebec to New Brunswickers, either.“We’re not there at all,” said Higgs. “And I don’t think the public in New Brunswick is there either.