A concerned Manitoban has started a petition to urge the provincial government to reinstate the mandatory 14-day self-isolation order for travelers entering and re entering the province.

The woman who started the petition Candace Arnold stated when the travel restrictions were put in place we had almost no active cases before experiencing an increase in new cases in the province that were all said to be travel related.

Arnold says she firmly believes if we have travel restrictions we will feel safer with fewer cases.  She explains non-essential travel should not be a priority over our citizen’s health.  She adds it is hard not to see loved ones but why would you want to risk travelling to a different province, contracting the virus during your travel and going immediately to see your loved ones and passing that virus on to them so it only makes sense to protect those you love most to isolate for two weeks if travelling to see them.

The hope is to get at least 5, 000 signatures on the change dot org petition and get the attention of politicians.