The website says "that they are unable to travel within the validity of their documentation should be processed as follows:"
It doesnt mean you cannot travel. Why are we assuming we cannot land with CoPR?
Just read the guidance in this link below that unless you are citizen or citizens immediate family or a PR already you as a foreign national cannot travel to Canada you would be denied boarding at source. Also now even the US/Canada land border is closed to all but essental travel and trade . A COPR landing or even flagpoling unlikely to considered essential or at least should not. Add to all this airlines are all but grounding all of their fleets for a few months so even getting a flight may be challenging anyway even for those meeting the exemption criteria .
https://www.canada.ca/en/transport-canada/news/2020/03/new-measures-for-covid-19-response.html
Under the
Aeronautics Act, the Minister of Transport will require air carriers on flights to Canada to deny boarding to any passenger who is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and has resided in any country other than the U.S. in the last 14 days.
For practical purposes, the denial of boarding would apply to:
- all foreign nationals on flights to Canada other than trans-border flights, and
- any foreign national on a trans-border flight who has resided outside the US and Canada in the last 14 days.
In simple terms, you cannot board a plane to Canada if you have been outside of Canada or the United States in the last 14 days, unless you are a Canadian Citizen, Canadian Permanent Resident or in transit to a 3rd country.
The measure will come into force on
Wednesday, March 18, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) EDT. It would not apply to air crews, travelers arriving in Canada in transit to a third country, Canadian Permanent Residents, diplomats, or immediate family members of Canadian citizens.
