That's okay, Minister. I'll move on to a couple more questions for you. Because you had said it was a mistake, I had wondered what directions you had given.
For more clarity, last week, when I asked about the UPS executive coming to Canada, your colleague, Minister Champagne, said that exemptions are granted after extensive consultations with Global Affairs, along with public health agencies, the provinces and territories.
On the one hand, there seems to be an assertion that decisions are made individually by CBSA agents on a case-by-case basis. The other minister, however, says they are made after extensive consultations with multiple groups. I guess it's fair for Canadians to be confused.
I have questions about Canadian citizens themselves, and a couple of examples. Canadians who make a wrong turn and end up at the border are being forced to quarantine when they turn around and go home. Canadians who simply need to deal with a visa issue are given papers saying that they were never in the U.S.A, but CBSA still instructs them to put their plans on hold and quarantine for 14 days.
A colleague told me about an elderly man who went too far and ended up at a border crossing by mistake. The U.S. border officials politely told him to turn around. He didn't leave his car, but when he came to the CBSA officials, he was told to go home and quarantine for 14 days.
It's fair for Canadians to be asking specifically for clarity about the double standard and the inconsistency. Why are elite American billionaires granted quarantine exemptions and are able to travel the country freely, yet Canadian citizens, in a variety of situations, are being told to put their lives on hold and to quarantine in their homes?