Canadians travelling abroad should return to Canada while commercial transportation is still available, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois Philippe Champagne recommended Saturday. But Transport Canada has yet to release a list of airports that will accept international flights landing in the country.
Canadians travelling abroad should return to Canada while commercial transportation is still available, Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne recommended Saturday.
The minister delivered the warning on Twitter one day after Global Affairs Canada issued a similar statement advising overseas travellers to consider coming home earlier than planned amid escalating restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
OFFICIAL ADVICE TO CANADIANS ABROAD:
We recommend that Canadian travellers return to Canada via commercial means while they remain available. pic.twitter.com/f8DC5goS3n
“Airlines have cancelled flights. New restrictions may be imposed with little warning. Your travel plans may be severely disrupted and you may be forced to remain outside of Canada longer than expected,” the ministry noted.
The federal government recommended Friday that Canadians should avoid all international travel and said it would limit where inbound flights would be permitted to land.
But Champagne’s warning c