https://www.consilium.europa.eu/fr/pres ... countries/
The countries whose whose travellers are unrestricted for European Union entry are :The criteria to determine the third countries for which the current travel restriction should be lifted cover in particular the epidemiological situation and containment measures, including physical distancing, as well as economic and social considerations. They are applied cumulatively.
Regarding the epidemiological situation, third countries listed should meet the following criteria, in particular:
number of new COVID-19 cases over the last 14 days and per 100 000 inhabitants close to or below the EU average (as it stood on 15 June 2020) stable or decreasing trend of new cases over this period in comparison to the previous 14 days overall response to COVID-19 taking into account available information, including on aspects such as testing, surveillance, contact tracing, containment, treatment and reporting, as well as the reliability of the information and, if needed, the total average score for International Health Regulations (IHR). Information provided by EU delegations on these aspects should also be taken into account.
Reciprocity should also be taken into account regularly and on a case-by-case basis.
Algeria
Australia
Canada
Georgia
Japan
Montenegro
Morocco
New Zealand
Rwanda
Serbia
South Korea
Thailand
Tunisia
Uruguay
China, is admitted, subject to reciprocity.
Canada was very fortunate to be on the restricted list of 15 Non EU countries to be admitted.
Yet on the very same day that the European Union made this announcement, Canada made announcements of its own. Canada was extending the blanket travel ban to all nations until July 31 and extending the mandatory 14 days quarantine to all travellers until August 31. Thèse travel ban and quarantine restrictions apply as well to travellers from the European Union, which just lifted all restrictions to Canadian travellers.
https://decrets.canada.ca/attachment.ph ... 77&lang=fr
Instead of a blanket ban on all countries why doesn’t Canada adopt criteria on which it could allow the residents of certain countries, where Covid is under control, to travel to Canada unrestricted ?
I have my theory as to why. It is just speculation though. I think that people in this government cannot conceive to lift the ban on a list of countries which does not include the United States, like the European Union just did.
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/fr/pres ... countries/
Did you note that China did meet the European Union criteria for inclusion into the list but was left out because it was not reciprocating ? Let’s see how that works out for Canada.