Canada will deny entry to people who aren’t Canadian citizens or permanent residents, Prime Minister Trudeau announced Monday in Ottawa.
The American land border will remain open and Canadians abroad can return into the country, but the door is being slammed close on visitors from elsewhere. The government also intends to continue to allow trade with other countries and exceptions will be carved out for diplomats and people with family in the country.
(Featured image is “Présent! pour le Québec” by Sweet One. Used under creative commons license.)
What, they are not going to take all the refugees fleeing the horrors of the Trump admin any more? Now we really see how serious they are. Harumph.Report
The blackface was a dead giveaway. We should have seen this coming.Report
And now they’re closing the border to US citizens as well, and the US is doing the same w.r.t. Canadian citizens.
it wasn’t necessarily clear initially, “the land border with the US remains open” had meant that US resident US citizens could continue entering Canada.Report
Of all the images you could have used for this, an election poster for a Quebec separatist.Report
I was worried nobody would get that.Report