Canadian returning home regrets not having quarantine plan

A B.C. woman who returned home from a year overseas found out the hard way that she wasn't prepared for quarantine.

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33 comments

  1. Umm.. yeah have a place to stay when you’re traveling. Dont just expect there to be one provided for you…. this concept isn’t new.

    1. In my situation that have to I’m on ODSP what else do they really do? I know in some places if you can’t afford the accommodations you basically go to jail for the quarantine. They basically put you in jail without charging you just until the quarantine is finished

  2. So, she has been partying in Australia for a year and thinks Canadian tax payers should pay for her hotel room. Huh?

    1. Maybe there is no “free lunch” ,and Tax Payers have had enough. Be responsible for yourself ,how hard is this?

  3. She ran off to Aus and spent all her money on a nice vacation. Now she wants the taxpayers to foot the bill for her isolation. Did she check what would happen before she left Australia? Perhaps with the Canadian consulate down there? Doesn’t seem like it.

  4. absolutely zero sympathy. if you can afford to vacation in Australia for a year you can afford a hotel for 14 days.

    1. – tophatxc the logic is that a year of vacation in Australia is more expensive than 14 days in hotel, so if she is capable of affording a year of vacation in Australia, she should be more than capable of handling the cost of 2 weeks in a hotel

  5. What the ??? Since when does the government pay for anything??? Duh! What a delusional woman. She was born in Canada, yet sounds like she fell off the turnip truck. Also, the government doesn’t pay your mortgage, or your plane fare to Australia, or any of the outings whilst there. And certainly not your funeral. So start saving, because funerals are super expensive.

  6. I can’t believe this is a story! Talk about entitlement, why would the cost of quarantine be paid by anyone other than the person travelling? As a dual citizen of Canada and NZ, I’ve already determined I can’t attend my nephews wedding next January as I can’t afford the quarantine costs in NZ. It’s called living in reality.

  7. Unless you passed through Roxham road. There is no Government assistance. They just hired 2 nurses for the illegals up there.

  8. She sold her house spent a year in Australia without any income and come back to expect government handout, just perfect. No wonder she ended up in east hastings.

  9. I don’t think anyone sympathizes with a woman who cannot be bothered to plan ahead of time when travelling during a pandemic…

    1. @ungratefulmetalpansy I believe MERS middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (a relative of covid and SARS) and small ebola outbreaks were happening a year ago.

  10. The only thing that’s delusional is the idiots that thought this was news worthy in the first place are we all just this stupid or what?

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