Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said the Alberta government respects B.C.’s plan to restrict non-essential travel from outside the province, but the UCP won’t be implementing its own comparable measures to reduce transmission of COVID-19.
The government of B.C. announced on Monday it would be implementing roadside checks as a means of reducing non-essential travel across its health regions.
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According to Kyla Lee, lawyer at Acumen Law in Vancouver, the fact that the two provinces are somewhat divided on enforcing restrictions on non-essential inter-provincial travel, could lead to confusion for residents.
Lee said restricting travel between neighbouring provinces isn’t unprecedented – Ontario and the Atlantic bubble are prime examples – but in this case, it’s surprising that B.C. made the decision without communicating with the Alberta government.
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