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House Hansard - 5

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 26, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:22:51 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians know that our government from day one took decisive action at our borders to protect Canadians and we have put together different measures to protect Canadians. However, forgive me for not taking advice from the Conservative Party. They cannot even ask their own MPs to get vaccinated and they have been asking us to remove PCR testing from pre-departure.
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Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:25:20 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is a plan. Canadians have seen our plan over the the last year and half, while we have been doing everything to protect their health and safety. I want to reassure Canadians that there are currently no direct flights from South Africa to Canada. However, I want to ask my hon. colleague where they stand on this. Do they want to open the border or do they want to close the border? Do they want to remove the PCR pre-departure test or do they want to implement PCR tests? I am not sure what they want, but we will take advice from our doctors and experts.
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Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Omar Alghabra (Minister of Transport, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:59:23 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague on her appointment as the transport critic and I look forward to working with her on this and other files that are of concern to Canadians. Let me reassure Canadians, first, that we are on top of this. We have acted from day one. Canadians know that we will never stop taking measures to protect their health and safety including testing, vaccination mandates and pre-departure testing. I ask my colleague to work with us on supporting our vaccination mandate and supporting our pre-arrival tests, and making sure that we protect the health and safety of all Canadians.
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