In the long run, I suspect the most consequential and the most unfortunate of the precedents set in the past year will be the idea that provinces can "close their borders" or otherwise restrict who can cross them. #cdnpoli https://twitter.com/SkinnerLyle/status/1347618798451511303

If we are a real country, interprovincial crossing points must be federal jurisdiction, not provincial. And if a crisis necessitates restrictions on travel to a province/between provinces, they should be federally-imposed (ideally at the province's request).

Unfortunately, the SCC's bizarre approach to R. v Comeau and our ridiculous interprovincial trade restrictions does not give me much cause for optimism in this area.