The Conservative leadership race is facing serious hurdles given that the basic activity of an internal party election is sending people door to door and around ballrooms gathering signatures and donations. They are down to four candidates and one possible and people inside the party are talking in public about changing the rules.
The border closure is looking a bit sinister: refugee claimnants will no longer be allowed to cross into Canada outside of official border crossings (and can't use official crossings because of the Safe Third Country Agreement with the USA and (
quoth the Ceeb) "there will be exceptions for some foreign nationals coming to Canada to work, study or live permanently.
The exemptions include seasonal agricultural workers, fish and seafood workers, caregivers and all other temporary foreign workers, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
But IRCC warns that people planning to come to Canada under these exceptions should not travel immediately. The government will announce when the exemptions are formally in place, which is expected some time next week.
Travel exemptions also include international students who already held a study permit or had been approved for one when travel restrictions kicked in on March 18."