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Face coverings required for Canadian air travel.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/04/17/...ask/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

Thanks for posting this. Makes a lot of sense to me. They should also wear the masks in the terminals, too. We live about 190 miles away from Toronto's Pearson airport, and even though it's not as crazy as JFK, the people in ticketing and around the boarding gates are packed-in like sardines every time we've flown out of there. It would just take one poor asymptomatic soul with COVID-19 to release a big sneeze that could infect a lot of other people.

I believe it does apply to the terminal as well as on board:

“When travelling by air, travellers will be asked to cover their mouth and nose:

* at Canadian airport screening checkpoints, where the screeners cannot always keep two metres of separation between themselves and the traveller;
* when they cannot physically distance from others, or as directed by the airline employees; and
* when directed to do so by a public health order or public health official.

Aviation passengers on all flights departing or arriving at Canadian airports will also be required to demonstrate they have the necessary non-medical mask or face covering during the boarding process otherwise they will not be allowed to continue on their journey. “

https://www.canada.ca/en/transport-...-the-canadian-transportation-system.html