More than 500 air passengers fined for defying hotel quarantine rules after landing in Vancouver and Toronto – CBC
Some air passengers who landed in Montreal and Calgary say they have yet to be fined for breaking the rules
May 04, 2021
The federal government has doled out hundreds of fines since Feb. 22 — typically for $3,000 each — to air passengers who refused to quarantine in a designated hotel upon arrival in Canada.
Even so, the government couldn’t provide CBC News with a total number of people who’ve violated its rule that passengers entering Canada be tested for COVID-19, then quarantine in a hotel while waiting for their results.
And when CBC tried to track down the total number of hotel quarantine violators, it found no evidence of fines being issued to passengers who landed in Calgary or Montreal — two of the four cities, along with Vancouver and Toronto, where international flights are allowed to land during the pandemic.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hotel-quarantine-fine-government-calgary-montreal-travel-1.6010444
