The program, dubbed ArriveCAN, long-required non-citizen visitors to the nation to provide their vaccine status.

 The program, dubbed ArriveCAN, long-required non-citizen visitors to the nation to provide their vaccine status.

On top of scrapping that requirement, the Canadian government will also no longer mandate that visitors must provide a negative test and self-report any potential symptoms of COVID-19 upon entry as well as the enforcement of previously existing quarantine protocols. The scope of the pivot in policy extends beyond air travel and also applies to visitors entering Canada by automobile or cruise ship. These changes will take effect on September 30th, when the cabinet order enforcing the requirements will expire. The Trudeau government attested to this by ensuring that it will not seek the order's renewal. 

The extent of the authoritarian dictate that Canada held on to for so long is adequately illustrated by the cessation of another measure implemented by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Previously, travelers were subject to health checks when aboard air and rail lines. That Gestapo-style tactic conveys the tyrannical state of post-COVID Canada, where everything from taxing the unvaccinated to limiting residents free ability to travel domestically was utilized at the hands of Trudeau's government.