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Cory Morgan: Behind Ottawa’s Fixation on Maintaining Mandates for Travellers

Cory Morgan: Behind Ottawa’s Fixation on Maintaining Mandates for Travellers
People wait in line to check in at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on May 12, 2022. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
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Canada’s government is addicted to control and uses COVID-19 to get its fix. While nations around the world are dropping all pandemic control requirements at airports, from checking vaccination status to random testing, Canada refuses to back down on entrance requirements. With the pending return of random testing requirements for visitors entering Canada, one has to wonder if the government will ever relent on the restrictions harassing travellers and crippling the tourism sector.