Nancy Stempin is raising concerns after she was accosted by security officers at Toronto Pearson International Airport for not having her father set up on her ArriveCan account. .“When I realized it was going to get out of hand, that’s when I started to record,” said Stempin Tuesday. .Stempin said she and her father were returning from Scotland. She had downloaded ArriveCan on her cellphone in December and she forgot about filling it out..She and her father were waiting in line to check their bags when an airline official asked if she had the app. The app would not open for her, so she and her father were ordered to sign a waiver acknowledging they could be subjected to a fine upon entering Canada. .She was able to enter her information later on. When she went to ask her father for his information because he does not own a cellphone, he said he did not want her to put it in. .He said he had privacy concerns. He claimed his Canadian passport and vaccine passport should be sufficient proof. .Upon arriving at Pearson, security officers demanded Stempin put her father on her ArriveCan account. She told security she did not feel she had to. .Airport officials dismissed her father’s concerns and threatened Stempin and her father with a $5,000 fine. .She said the experience was “horrible” and “insulting to my father.” .A public health officer approached the duo and asked if they lived together. Stempin and her father do not, so the public health officer did not fine them and gave them a warning not to do it again. .Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre condemned Pearson for hassling Stempin and her father. .“This is how stupid things have gotten with this Liberal government,” said Poilievre. .“Rules for the sake of rules.”.Stempin said this experience proves ArriveCan needs to be scrapped. .“It’s just not required anymore,” she said. .“I just don’t understand why the Canadian government is so adamant that it be installed on every body’s phone.” .Pearson could not be reached for comment in time for publication.
Nancy Stempin is raising concerns after she was accosted by security officers at Toronto Pearson International Airport for not having her father set up on her ArriveCan account. .“When I realized it was going to get out of hand, that’s when I started to record,” said Stempin Tuesday. .Stempin said she and her father were returning from Scotland. She had downloaded ArriveCan on her cellphone in December and she forgot about filling it out..She and her father were waiting in line to check their bags when an airline official asked if she had the app. The app would not open for her, so she and her father were ordered to sign a waiver acknowledging they could be subjected to a fine upon entering Canada. .She was able to enter her information later on. When she went to ask her father for his information because he does not own a cellphone, he said he did not want her to put it in. .He said he had privacy concerns. He claimed his Canadian passport and vaccine passport should be sufficient proof. .Upon arriving at Pearson, security officers demanded Stempin put her father on her ArriveCan account. She told security she did not feel she had to. .Airport officials dismissed her father’s concerns and threatened Stempin and her father with a $5,000 fine. .She said the experience was “horrible” and “insulting to my father.” .A public health officer approached the duo and asked if they lived together. Stempin and her father do not, so the public health officer did not fine them and gave them a warning not to do it again. .Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre condemned Pearson for hassling Stempin and her father. .“This is how stupid things have gotten with this Liberal government,” said Poilievre. .“Rules for the sake of rules.”.Stempin said this experience proves ArriveCan needs to be scrapped. .“It’s just not required anymore,” she said. .“I just don’t understand why the Canadian government is so adamant that it be installed on every body’s phone.” .Pearson could not be reached for comment in time for publication.
