The picture of officials grappling with how to respond to the pandemic was part of the government’s defense of a policy that has been widely rebuked, ignored, or grudgingly accepted by air travelers to Canada since it was implanted in February.
Now it faces a stiff constitutional challenge.
At issue is the federal government’s COVID-19 control measures that require air travelers arriving in Canada to pre-book at their own expense a three-day non-refundable stay in a government-authorized hotel and remain in quarantine there until a second COVID test confirms they are not carrying the novel coronavirus.
There are 14 applicants in four similar but separate challenges arguing the rules violate their rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The cases are being heard together by Paul Crampton, Chief Justice of the Federal Court.
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