Flights to Caribbean, Mexico suspended, mandatory hotel quarantine on arrival among new Canadian travel restrictions

‘Now is just not the time to be flying,’ says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he announced new international travel measures to stop more COVID-19 variants entering Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 26, returned to Rideau Cottage Jan. 29 to announce further travel restrictions on international arrivals in an effort to stem the faster-spreading coronavirus variants. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

January 29, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new travel restrictions Friday, halting trips to “sun destinations” until April, limiting international arrivals to four airports, and requiring travellers quarantine at a hotel as they await mandatory COVID-19 test results ...

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