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[Richard White]

France is just 90 minutes from Newfoundland. The 6,000 person archipelago Saint-Pierre et Miquelon is officially Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France.

So yes, there should be some opening.

Honestly,

St Pierre and Miquelon is so insignificant, I doubt you would find anyone from France who actually knows it A) Exists and B) Is a part of France not Canada.

Until someone mentioned it a month ago, I spent 33 years thinking it was part of Canada. There is no government in the world that would say borders need to be reopened solely because of St Pierre and Miquelon.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Honestly,

St Pierre and Miquelon is so insignificant, I doubt you would find anyone from France who actually knows it A) Exists and B) Is a part of France not Canada.

Until someone mentioned it a month ago, I spent 33 years thinking it was part of Canada. There is no government in the world that would say borders need to be reopened solely because of St Pierre and Miquelon.

Don't forget about Greenland, which has its own extensive local government, but it is also part of the Realm of Denmark. Then there is another rather large country on the other side of the Arctic Ocean, few may have heard of, Russia.

 

[Richard White]

Don't forget about Greenland, which has its own extensive local government, but it is also part of the Realm of Denmark. Then there is another rather large country on the other side of the Arctic Ocean, few may have heard of, Russia.

Yes but how many people honestly want to go to Russia, Greenland or Denmark?

 

[Towered]

Yes but how many people honestly want to go to Russia, Greenland or Denmark?

Who wouldn't want to see Denmark? Pretty cities and towns, a rich history...

The other two would be very low on my travel list however.

 

[zang]

Honestly,

St Pierre and Miquelon is so insignificant, I doubt you would find anyone from France who actually knows it A) Exists and B) Is a part of France not Canada.

Until someone mentioned it a month ago, I spent 33 years thinking it was part of Canada. There is no government in the world that would say borders need to be reopened solely because of St Pierre and Miquelon.

Most of their exports are to Canada; they are not part of the EU customs territory, the nearest international airport is on Canadian soil, and as a group of islands of ~6,000 has very little services and amenities.

So yes, it's fair to say the border should be reopened for them. Perhaps not France proper, but for an island with a large dependency on access to Canada, it's damn near a humanitarian prospect.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Most of their exports are to Canada; they are not part of the EU custom territory, the nearest international airport is on Canadian soil, and as an island of less than 6,000 has very little services and amenities.

So yes, it's fair to say the border should be reopened for them. Perhaps not France proper, but for an island with a large dependency on access to Canada, it's damn near a humanitarian prospect.

Agree - nevermind for medical/emergency reasons as well - that territory is dependent on Canada for health services. I would be *very* surprised if there wasn't an exception for them already.

AoD

 

[zang]

Yes but how many people honestly want to go to Russia, Greenland or Denmark?

Which if as low as you imagine, would make for an incredibly insignificant risk.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

This chat reminds me of Greenland in Plague Inc. (you'd know what I am talking about if you had played the game).

AoD

 

[gabe]

Canadians need to boycott all these countries that ban people with mixed vaccinations.

Couple forced to cancel honeymoon trip after Barbados says it does not recognize mixing COVID-19 vaccines

An Ontario man says he and his wife had to cancel their honeymoon trip to Barbados after the country announced it does not consider people with mixed vaccine regimens as fully vaccinated.

www.cp24.com

 

[PinkLucy]

If the WHO would get on board, this wouldn’t be an issue.

 

[AlbertC]

Canadians need to boycott all these countries that ban people with mixed vaccinations.

Couple forced to cancel honeymoon trip after Barbados says it does not recognize mixing COVID-19 vaccines

An Ontario man says he and his wife had to cancel their honeymoon trip to Barbados after the country announced it does not consider people with mixed vaccine regimens as fully vaccinated.

www.cp24.com

Looks like Jamaica are cool with having mixed doses of vaccines:

What Barbados, Jamaica and Cuba are saying about mixed-dose vaccinations

TORONTO — With eased travel restrictions now in place for fully-vaccinated Canadians, more bookings are coming in - and more questions.

www.travelweek.ca

Mixed vaccinations won’t be a problem for Canadian travellers, says the Jamaica Tourist Board.

“Jamaica’s Ministry of Health will consider anyone who has received two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine to be fully vaccinated, regardless of whether they have received different brands,” the JTB tells Travelweek.

More information is at visitjamaica.com/travelauthorization.

 

[Videodrome]

We are officially in step 3 of reopening!

 

[Soop]

Canadians need to boycott all these countries that ban people with mixed vaccinations.

Couple forced to cancel honeymoon trip after Barbados says it does not recognize mixing COVID-19 vaccines

An Ontario man says he and his wife had to cancel their honeymoon trip to Barbados after the country announced it does not consider people with mixed vaccine regimens as fully vaccinated.

www.cp24.com

I just heard a minute ago on Your Morning that Barbados is changing its rules to allow mixed vaccinations.

I imagine it will take some time for everything to shake out.

 

[Richard White]

I just heard a minute ago on Your Morning that Barbados is changing its rules to allow mixed vaccinations.

I imagine it will take some time for everything to shake out.

I have no doubt that eventually there will be one uniform policy for vaccine recognition. I doubt any country wants to be left behind because they were anal about not mixing vaccine brands.

 

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