Most folks here don't realize that the attitude of about 90% of the Canadian public is that lockdowns are the greatest health gift since antibiotics.
The mayor of Toronto is pleading with the premier of Ontario not to end the lockdown for at least another 2 or 3 weeks. The premier, who is willing to "open up" regular stores for curbside pickup is being slammed by the opposition for his "recklessness".
In the eyes of the Canadian public, if you travel now during the "pandemic" you are simply not a decent human being. Period.
Noone will have any rachmanus.
It behooves us to think of how it looks, when at the border in lacolle or Niagara, the percentage of non commercial travelers that are obviously משלנו is out of all proportion by orders of magnitude to our population. Add to that the numbers of us with some interesting reasons to be "essential" and our image problem is only compounded.
It's easy to say the Canadian government is "crazy". They're actually reflective of a population that is terrified. Us acting like we think it's a joke makes us look like jerks.