So mild mannered Canada closes its borders due to Ebola

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http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canada-won-t-issue-visas-to-residents-of-countries-with-widespread-ebola-1.2081402#ixzz3Hkpl2wub

Very prudent. Stopped issuing visas to outbreak countries, while still allowing healthcare workers to travel there.

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Obama will probably close the borders in retaliation.

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To Canada? Good. That would be long overdue.

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apparently our oil already has the Ebola.

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So now people have to go to West Africa illegally if they want to catch Ebola?

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Was fhis really that difficult of a ban to figure out? Apparently for some here who were screaming that it would cause people to die etc couldn’t think more than one step ahead.

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So now people have to go to West Africa illegally if they want to catch Ebola?

Tell me you are being funny and do understand how visas work in reality, please? Canada cannot prevent Canadians travelling to say Sierra Leone as long as SL lets them in. The only thing Canada can do is deny visas to Sierra Leoneans wanting to travel to Canada. Visas are being issued by the country you’re travelling to.

I can never tell in this place if people are being sheltered Americans or being silly.

Edit: Canada cannot even deny entry to a Canadian (or American, I think) returning from SL. Canadians are always allowed to return, so the fact that medical professionals can still go there is superfluous information - the government can’t stop them, even if it wanted to.

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Not exactly true the government can relieve us of our passports to prevent travel and has done so very recently.

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Not exactly true the government can relieve us of our passports to prevent travel and has done so very recently.

By international law they can only do that if you hold dual citizenship. It is illegal for countries to render people stateless. Whatever that means is debatable of course, but Canada has a decent track record of abiding to international law.

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North Korea too! No one beats North Korea at insane political theatre. No one.

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You surely love a daily helping of Ebola.

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The LR liberal bench will now scream that Canada and Australia are two countries that are led by non-science-believing idiots.
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I think the Americans are simply still pissed at us for Justin Bieber… :slight_smile:

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I think the Americans are simply still pissed at us for Justin Bieber… :slight_smile:

Now that is a pox cast upon us that will never be forgiven!

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“non-science-believing idiots”

I thought that was what veganerd has been calling me on the dog epilepsy thread.
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By international law they can only do that if you hold dual citizenship. It is illegal for countries to render people stateless. Whatever that means is debatable of course, but Canada has a decent track record of abiding to international law.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think it’s illegal to forbid travel to a certain country by imposing sanctions, like the US has done to Cuba.

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By international law they can only do that if you hold dual citizenship. It is illegal for countries to render people stateless. Whatever that means is debatable of course, but Canada has a decent track record of abiding to international law.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think it’s illegal to forbid travel to a certain country by imposing sanctions, like the US has done to Cuba.

I have no idea if that’s true or not, but the fact that my neighbour habitually speeds on the highway doesn’t mean that I get to ignore stop signs.