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The Chinese government is unhappy that Canada and other countries are creating new COVID-19 restrictions for people flying in from China, but business groups say the policy won't affect trade.

Ongoing tensions between the provinces and the federal government over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic pivoted back on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, to the question of whether and how border controls can be tightened to slow the spread of the virus.

Federal and provincial officials are starting to discuss how and when to start reopening schools and businesses but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, the full-scale lockdowns most Canadians are living with right now will remain in place for at least several more weeks.

Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is raising concern about temporary foreign workers arriving in Canada to work on farms, saying he believes the quarantine rules for these workers are inadequate.