Visitors seeking to travel in the NWT must self-isolate for 14 days, the premier has clarified.
Premier Caroline Cochrane, health minister Diane Thom and Dr. Kami Kandola, chief public health officer (CPHO) issued a joint statement Wednesday.
It came a day after comments from Cochrane and Thom caused confusion in the legislative assembly.
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Upon reaching the NWT, border officers will ask visitors for their information and if they don't meet an "identified exemption" they will be given the opportunity to turn around.
"If they choose not to, they are informed that they must seek an exceptional circumstances exemption, and immediately self-isolate (for 14 days) if they wish to proceed further in the NWT," the statement said.
The new policy marks a shift in how travel orders had been implemented until May 29 and "reflects an effort to more closely align implementation of the order with the mobility provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms."
SA国际影视传媒淲hile the CPHO does not have the authority to prohibit Canadians from entering the NWT, she does have the authority to restrict travel within our borders.
SA国际影视传媒淧rior to May 29, border officials asked people to turn around and return to their destination if they did not fit an existing exemption in order to meet our objectives."
