many Albertans would have agreed back in March 2020 that borders should have been closed
Many Albertans screamed blue murder about the few restrictions that actually were imposed. I wonder what they would have said about not being able to get to Hawaii and Mexico when the cold hit.
You can play dumb all you want but the widespread outrage that international flights were still arriving -- esp. from covid hot spots -- after lockdown measures were put in place was very real.
widespread outrage that international flights were still arriving
You have no back up for that statement, but even if it's true Alberta's premier wasn't on board. It was part of his "The Economy must be protected! Don't listen to the Chicken Littles!" approach.
Here's a quote of his from January 2021: " a Harvard University study and a U.S Department of Defence study have both concluded that the chance of transmission on an airplane with all the protocols being taken – mask-wearing, sanitation, HEPA filters and everything else — that the chance of transmission is statistically insignificant.”
Many Albertans screamed blue murder about the few restrictions that actually were imposed. I wonder what they would have said about not being able to get to Hawaii and Mexico when the cold hit.
Hardly...
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/the-road-to-canadas-covid-19-outbreak-pt-2-timeline-of-federal-government-failure-at-border-to-slow-the-virus-2
Hmmm. We've gone from "many Albertans" to you and one journalist's 18 month old opinion piece.
You can play dumb all you want but the widespread outrage that international flights were still arriving -- esp. from covid hot spots -- after lockdown measures were put in place was very real.
You have no back up for that statement, but even if it's true Alberta's premier wasn't on board. It was part of his "The Economy must be protected! Don't listen to the Chicken Littles!" approach.
Here's a quote of his from January 2021: " a Harvard University study and a U.S Department of Defence study have both concluded that the chance of transmission on an airplane with all the protocols being taken – mask-wearing, sanitation, HEPA filters and everything else — that the chance of transmission is statistically insignificant.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/7560395/kenney-alberta-air-travel-covid-pandemic/