The West Block: Dec. 19, 2021 | New international travel restrictions and reshaping military culture

This week on ‘The West Block’, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra joins host Mercedes Stephenson to discuss why the federal government is reintroducing travel restrictions when most Omicron spread in Canada is community based.

Then, Stephenson sits down with Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan to talk about her five-year plan to reshape military culture following the sexual misconduct scandal.

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[James-]

Global Disgrace or a Global Scam ?
"Mild symptoms": A South African doctor, the President of the South African Medical Association Dr. Angelique Coetzee, who has treated about 30 patients carrying the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, says that, so far, she has observed patients recovering without the need for treatment.

[DHARMYOGCOM]

Military issue is shocking. Trudeau is always barking at issues of other countries when he has no control over Canadian issues. Canada needs a better leader

[doubledown]

Happy Now? Keep rolling up that sleeve....you'll never see your family more than once a year. That's their goal. Wake up.

[lonewanderer]

Gotta push that fascism. Trudeau demands it.

[danpopescu]

Keep your eyes on Trudeau's government jet!!!!Where he will go this year was in Barbados, will not spend the holidays in Canada!!!!I bet my mortgage

[doubledown]

"Travellers are more worried about the bureaucracy than Omicron"
CEO of Air Transport Association

[nadiakay]

Keep travelling people….keep living your life DON’T LET THEM TAKE YOUR FREEDOM

[whatdoyouwantfromme]

This guy want to close international travel " when Canada is having already " 40, 000 a month omicron 🙄🤷? Too late Buddy keep international travel open and let everyone go wherever they want 👍

[lannguyen-pudb]

😂GOOD QUESTION "do you have a date for when all the testing measures will be implemented?" If the man were honest, he would have to answer "DO NOT EXPECT ANYTHING TILL 2039".

[NunyaHarmonee]

Regarding hotel quarantine: they spent tax payers money in June/July 2021 on a report. The report said that hotel quarantines do not help.

Not sure why they are talking about going back there.

We also recently heard that there are many gaps in the testing that was happening at the airports. They have many missing results in comparison to the amount of people who arrived by air

[stansuffield]

No one should be tested unless they are symptomatic. Period.

[trilee]

Federal Government needs to simplify the Tax Code 👨‍💻 it’s costing $7B a year on people.

[teamtryxgg]

Omicron is tailor-made for people who love their so-called individual freedoms.

[mikeyrichard]

Epidemiological characterisation of the first 785 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases in Denmark, December 2021 -“ A total of 599 (76%) cases were fully vaccinated and an additional 56 (7.1%) had received full vaccination plus a booster dose.”
This is the same percentage of Danes fully vaccinated (76.7%) suggesting little to no protective effect of vax against cases.

[amcajayon]

the federal government should help us get our money back from westjet for our cancelled flight due to these restrictions

[lindabloomfield]

What happens if the science shows it is not a problem? I dough it will make a difference! Risks are everywhere! Living has risks... need to be treated like adults!!

[trilee]

Financial Transaction Tax 0.2% we’ll bring in $160B a year and it’s broad tax measure. Eliminate GST 5%($43B) costing low-income families. Hard working people see there wages diminish as inflation hits 4.7%, Let’s increase Personal Basic Amount from $13, 800 to $15, 000 on January 1st 2022.

[KatLety]

I mean, why not, it worked all this time

[cherylbenish]

Put your money where your mouth is and if you so declare the safety of all Canadians as being paramount then test all incoming persons. Random testing is a cheaper way of doing things and keeping people on their toes before an eventual lockdown.

[aprilewesley]

Geesus Christ, just stop lying already and leave people alone. The government and media has done nothing except cause harm.