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I’m actually livid with this, Justin Trudeau is now putting in the type of screening for domestic travel that he refused to do with international travel.

He said for weeks such screening wouldn’t work on international flights.

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He and his health officials said it wasn’t worth pursuing — and now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is bringing in new measures to screen domestic travellers for COVID-19.

“Starting on Monday at noon, if people try to travel by plane or through domestic means or by train, they will not be allowed to board if they have any symptoms whatsoever of COVID-19,” Trudeau said as he announced the measures Saturday morning.

“We are giving further tools to airlines and rail companies to ensure that anyone exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms does not travel.”

What those tools are, he couldn’t say.

Will they be given a medical exam? Will they need to have their temperature taken?

You might remember as calls were being made for extra screening on flights carrying people in from hot spots like China, Italy, Egypt and Iran, federal officials said over and over again it wouldn’t work.