Trudeau Defends Canada’s Travel Restrictions, Says Quarantine Hotels to Remain Mandatory

Trudeau Defends Canada’s Travel Restrictions, Says Quarantine Hotels to Remain Mandatory
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a news conference in Ottawa on Apr. 9, 2021. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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OTTAWA—Canada is extending the use of quarantine hotels for international air travellers another month, and considering whether it needs to do more to stop COVID-19 cases from getting into the country from abroad.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that could include barring incoming flights from specific countries, such as India, even as he defended his government’s actions on the border as effective Tuesday.