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My spouse and I are returning snowbirds, having spent the winter in Florida as we have now for the previous 10 years.
We jumped by hoops travelling final November – compelled to fly and ship our automotive regardless that we had been travelling to our personal property and staying for 5 months.
Whereas the U.S. and Canadian governments agreed on many exemptions for reuniting household and associates, they didn’t give the identical consideration to reuniting homeowners with their property.
Because of this, we needed to danger travelling by three airports and sit in a packed airplane somewhat than within the security of our personal automotive.
We now learn the Ford authorities needs us to quarantine in motels after we return by land crossing — regardless that we stay quarter-hour from the border and will simply as simply and extra safely quarantine at house. There could be no interplay with resort workers, marshalling workers and so on.
It’s as if the provincial authorities feels we ought to be punished for leaving and now returning.
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Nonetheless, one ought to contemplate that due to leaving Canada we posed no potential demand on the well being system and we have now conserved scarce vaccines for different Canadians.
Think about if 600,000 snowbirds received absolutely vaccinated within the U.S. We’d have conserved 1.2 million doses for different Canadians.
Fairly than being welcomed again to Canada as undesirable residents, we ought to be welcomed again with open arms.
Cameron Dickie, Tecumseh
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