1. We arrived in Toronto last week from visiting family in Michigan. Here is the process for crossing the border into Canada & dealing with COVID restrictions.
2. We were the only car in the border line in Sarnia, while trucks were back up for miles on both sides of the border.
3. We are fully vaccinated with 2 doses of Pfizer. Our 2 kids ages 4 and 5 are not.
4. We had to arrange for PCR tests in the states valid within 72 hours of crossing the border. (Sort of par for the course).
5. We had to do a supervised self test at the border. We had to announce we had a safe place to quarantine and were having groceries delivered.
6. We drove straight to our house. And are in quarantine for 14 days. Again fully vaccinated.
7. We have to fill out online forms everyday. The health agencies call us multiple times a day, as many as 10 or 20, often asking for our 4 year olds test result (she does not have to test), or to speak with the 4 and 5 year old.
8. when we asked if they could perhaps streamline the calls, they said they would send an "officer" out to check on us. No officer arrived.
9. We have to another test tomorrow on Day 8. We have to call to be observed doing the tests at 4PM. And then we have to call Purolator to arrange delivery. We are not allowed to leave the house.
10. Why devote all this time and energy to people who are fully vaccinated, who tested negative, & are no risk. All we would do is go for a walk. We don't go to stores.
11. On a side note, our car was stolen out of our driveway over the weekend, a few days after we arrived.
12. There are huge organized car theft rings across Toronto. We were among the last of our friends' to have a car stolen. (We have never had a car stolen in the states).
13. We asked around and people said the car theft rings had been broken so we did not use the Club, or put our keys in a secure box, or have our neighbor block off our driveway with his pickup truck, as we sometime do.
14. We have one more week of this. And then we are free - sort of.
15. I applied for essential worker status citing my work with cities across North America & the world, & was denied.
16. I am invited to major meetings like the US Conference of Mayors or Heartland Forward to work with cities in the US & Europe beginning in August & picking up in September & October. ...
17. Wondering if I will be able to travel, or if we will have to relocate again back in the States to travel from.
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