COVID-19-related travel restrictions, Premier Jason Kenney cited scientists and international restrictions as a way to prove his decision to do so.In a mid-afternoon tweet on Sunday, Kenney said in a video he will be introducing a motion later this week to call on the federal government to drop “pointless” COVID-19 travel restrictions, saying they are no longer sensible nor defensible from a public health perspective.The six-minute video points to a variety of health experts, including Canada’s top doctor Dr.
Theresa Tam. Notably, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw was not mentioned.770 CHQR spoke with two of the experts cited to check the claims.Federal travel restrictions are hurting our economy with no measurable public health benefit.It's time to learn to live with COVID, and that means ending unnecessary restrictions.We will be introducing a motion calling on Ottawa to drop pointless travel restrictions.