Testing requirements may soon be a thing of the past for vaccinated travellers crossing the border into Canada.
According to multiple media reports citing government sources, the federal government is expected to announce as soon as Thursday that travellers entering Canada will no longer have to show proof of a pre-arrival COVID-19 test as of April 1.
A negative antigen or molecular test is currently required for all travellers entering the country.
Travellers who are not vaccinated with at least two doses will still be required to present a negative COVID-19 test and isolate for 14 days.
The federal government previously eased the testing requirements on February 28 to allow fully-vaccinated travellers the ability to show a negative rapid antigen test as an alternative to a negative molecular test. However, many argued that this did little to help the suffering tourism industry in Canada’s border cities.
More than a dozen border-city mayors from across the country sent an open letter to the Canadian government earlier this month, urging an end to the testing requirements for vaccinated travellers.