Trudeau pressing everyone to get vaccinated and boosted or warns of more restrictions in the winter. pic.twitter.com/h9rUdGCCDF

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) September 5, 2022

PM Trudeau warns “Covid is not done with us yet.” He says if 80-90% of eligible Canadians get up to date with their Covid vaccination, “we’ll have a much better winter with much less need” for public health restrictions.

A reporter who asked him why the province has allowed for a “personal decision” instead of recommending the second booster shot for everyone.  Moore replied “We are doing a risk-based approach. There’s always a risk to having any therapeutic versus a benefit,” healthy adults do not necessarily need a second booster shot for COVID-19, as the risk of hospitalization is “very, very low.”  “You want to make sure there’s a very strong benefit versus the risk. If you’re an 18-year-old healthy individual, the risk of getting hospitalized, if you have no underlying medical illness, is very very low” said Moore.

“We know there is a risk, a very small risk, 1 in 5,000 that may get myocarditis, for example, and you’d have to have that discussion on the risk-benefit of complications from the vaccine versus the benefit of decreased hospitalization for a young healthy person.”

Ontario Chief Medical Officer Kieran Moore said not everyone should get COVID-19 vaccine due to risk of myocarditis. He said there is a "1 in 5000" chance of getting myocarditis, adding "you'd have to have that discussion on the risk-benefit, for a young, healthy person." pic.twitter.com/Wnkq5wMEPZ

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) July 14, 2022

The ArriveCAN app was introduced during the pandemic to allow travellers to report their trips and vaccination status and COVID-19-related health information before arriving in Canada.

The calls to drop the app come a day after the federal government announced that it is easing a number of restrictions introduced during the pandemic. It did not announce it was eliminating the ArriveCAN app.

A group of mayors and businesses in communities along the Canada-U.S. border is calling on the federal government to end the ArriveCAN app, saying it is discouraging Americans from visiting and shopping in Canada.

And there we have it. The ineffective and unreliable #ArriveCant app was supposed to be a temporary measure but now we finally know, it’s here to stay. And so, too, will be the crippling delays at our borders and largest airport. https://t.co/vZFPoNhiQO

— Senator Leo Housakos (@SenatorHousakos) June 19, 2022

Canadian and American border cities, urged that keeping the ArriveCAN app will have a “long lasting” impact on the country’s tourism sector.

What’s happening right now is Americans are showing up in the minivan with their family at the border with no knowledge of the ArriveCAN app. There’s a lineup of cars behind them. They can’t get into the country.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra gave no indication that the federal government is considering scrapping the ArriveCan app for travellers.

My constituent's elderly father was deported from Canada because of the government's mess with ArriveCAN. Just imagine the stress and anxiety this 83y/o gentleman & his family went through. It's time for the Liberals to end their mandatory use of the #ArriveCAN app. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/VhXjoaWbQT

— Larry Brock (@LarryBrockMP) June 17, 2022

The arrive can app is increasingly unnecessary, and it’s hopelessly broken.

"The arrive can app is increasingly unnecessary, and it's hopelessly broken. So when will the government commit to ending the chaos at our borders and our airports?" pic.twitter.com/zZiw7xf5Ap

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 22, 2022

“People tried to contact the CBSA to fix the issue that CBSA told them that they didn’t offer support relating to reentering Canada.  The arrive can app is increasingly unnecessary, and it’s hopelessly broken.”