House Committee Hears Impacts of ArriveCan App on Canadian Industries
Mandatory use of the ArriveCan mobile app for travellers during the pandemic increased burdens on Canada’s border officers and discouraged tourism while causing significant losses to businesses, several witnesses told a parliamentary committee studying the matter.
“During COVID, we lost two tourism years. And unfortunately, we lost another tourism year this year. Two years we could blame on COVID; this year … it was self-inflicted,” said Conservative MP Tony Baldinelli during a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade on Sept. 27.
“We’ve been advocating for months that [ArriveCan] and the restrictions at the border be removed joining the over 60 other countries that are out there ending the restrictions at the border—why did it take this government so long,” he added….