In response to a question from CTV News about when the tourism sector could start accepting vaccinated or unvaccinated travellers from abroad, Trudeau said: "I can tell you right now that's not going to happen for quite a while."

"We need to continue to ensure that the safety of Canadians, of all the sacrifices that so many people have made over the past many, many months, are not for nothing," Trudeau said Thursday during a press conference in British Columbia.