Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2021-05-02 9:14 a.m., Gary wrote:
> > On 5/1/2021 3:18 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
> > > Thanks, Jill.
> > > I've booked a ticket, but I've had two previous bookings
> > > cancelled by the airline, so...
> >
> > I saw on national news this morning... due to the current high rate
> > of Covid in India, all travel from India to the USA will stop on
> > Tuesday.
>
> Good. Canada banned direct flights from India last week. The deal was
> supposed to also exclude people who had taken indirect flights, like
> India to UK then UK to Canada. So they started flying to the US and
> then going by land to Canada.
>
>
>
> > I don't understand that thinking. If it's so bad, why not
> > immediately stop travel rather than wait 4 more days?
>
> It is a little heavy handed to change the rules immediately, but in
> these cases I don't have a problem. Travellers keep finding ways to
> get around the rules.
>
> A lot of Canadians like to winter in the south but the land borders
> closed. However, they could fly to the US. One of the most common
> gimmicks is for them to have their vehicles delivered to Buffalo then
> fly over and pick up their cars. Then they would drive home and
> since they were citizens they had to admit them.
>
> The rules were changed. They had to have a negative Covid test result
> within 36 hours of boarding a flight to Canada. Those who had
> positive results ended up crossing at land borders. So they
> changed the rules again.. and you have to get a test at the border
> and another three days later and have to self isolate for 14 days.
>
> It seems that if you walk across you don't have to do that stuff. So
> now people are flying to points in the US and then taking buses or
> taxis to the border and walking across to avoid all that stuff.
>

Thats not good for Canada as our rates have been WAY higher than yours.