OTTAWA, Ontario, July 23, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Canada’s federal government spent a massive amount of taxpayer money – nearly a quarter of a billion dollars – to force over 28,000 Canadians to stay at mandatory COVID quarantine hotels throughout 2021.
While Canada’s ruling Liberal Party under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not officially revealed the costs of the program, according to Blacklock’s Reporter, estimates from Canada’s Parliament peg the total amount spent on the COVID hotels at $225,556,596.
Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc claimed that they made the “best decisions” they could regarding the COVID jails.
“Other countries have done the same thing. We recognize every country has its sovereign responsibility to make the best decisions it can in the interests of protecting their populations,” said LeBlanc as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
On July 19, the Canadian federal government announced that, effective August 9, it is stopping its controversial three-day mandatory quarantine hotel stay for all air travelers as part of a border reopening program. Starting that day, U.S. citizens who have been “fully vaccinated” at least 14 days before their trip with a COVID-19 jab approved by Health Canada will be allowed to visit as tourists.
In late January, the government announced that all air travelers would have to submit to a mandatory hotel quarantine for at least three nights while waiting for test results from an obligatory COVID-19 test given upon arrival.
Initially, the federal
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