Trudeau Announces New Flights to Bring Canadians Back Home

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OTTAWA鈥擯rime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing multiple new flights to bring stranded Canadians home from abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trudeau says that will include three new聽Air Canada flights to bring Canadians back from Peru, which has otherwise closed its airspace.

Trudeau says Air Transat, WestJet, and Sunwing airlines all have flights planned this week.

Two more Air Canada flights聽are聽to聽reach Canadians in聽Morocco in the coming days, he says.

Trudeau says an Air Canada flight to Spain聽is聽also confirmed, while Air Transat has been cleared for two flights聽to Honduras and one each聽to Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

The prime minister is urging all Canadians abroad聽to return home by commercial means while options are still available, and to register with the government so they can receive proper updates.

“You need to do this if you haven鈥檛 done it already,” Trudeau said Monday in his daily press conference outside his Rideau Cottage residence in Ottawa.

Earlier Monday, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said it won鈥檛 be possible for the government to repatriate all Canadians stranded abroad.

In an interview with CBC鈥檚 The Current, Champagne said the challenges the government faces are unprecedented with airport and airspace closures, border closures, and the fact some countries have imposed martial law.

Global Affairs Canada has had 10,000 calls and 14,000 emails in the last 48 hours, he said.

Champagne told the radio program the government will try to help support stranded Canadians locally through diplomatic channels.

Champagne said he had to negotiate for air access to Peru despite the fact the country is closed, and it is controlled by the military.

“My job is to negotiate on a case-by-case basis where we have a cluster of Canadians, and where Canadians can gather in one place,” he said.

“Sometime, getting the plane is Step 1, and the easiest one. Then it鈥檚 to make sure we land there, make sure we can have safe passage for our crew, safe passage for Canadians who want to return home.”

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