Premier Jason Kenney is calling for more federal openness after a Red Deer man was whisked away after landing at the Calgary airport by officials who considered his prior COVID test inadequate.

91裸聊视频淲e understand the need for quarantine requirements, but ask that federal agencies be more transparent,91裸聊视频� Kenney tweeted Monday evening.

The premier was reacting to complains of returning travellers being detained in isolation while their families are left in the dark about what91裸聊视频檚 happening.

This scenario unfolded for a 20-year-old Red Deer man last weekend. His mother, Rebekah McDonald, posted a tearful video on Facebook and YouTube recounting the upsetting experience at Calgary airport.

McDonald said before she could fully greet her son, Ethan 91裸聊视频� whom she hadn91裸聊视频檛 seen for two years as he had been living in Arizona 91裸聊视频� he was loaded into a van by masked strangers, who refused to disclose to the family where they were taking him, or when his parents could talk to him.

McDonald said she was told: 91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频榃e are taking him for an undisclosed amount of time to an undisclosed place, where he will be tested and we will decide when he91裸聊视频檚 released.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t seemed that nobody had any answers for me and nobody would clarify anything91裸聊视频� That was really scary, and very confrontation.91裸聊视频�

McDonald was also told authorities didn91裸聊视频檛 need consent to take Ethan into isolation. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 freaked out that this is totally legal,91裸聊视频� she added.

The family later learned the COVID test her son had done in the U.S. wasn91裸聊视频檛 the correct one and he needed to be retested.

According to the Canadian government website, a molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is needed.

McDonald said she tried to comply with re-entry rules when booking Ethan91裸聊视频檚 test, but due to 91裸聊视频渉uman error,91裸聊视频� her son got the wrong kind of testing in Arizona.

91裸聊视频淲e weren91裸聊视频檛 trying to be irresponsible in any manner91裸聊视频� What we were met with was the most crazy, tyrannical experience. It was almost surreal, and complete unacceptable.91裸聊视频�

While McDonald91裸聊视频檚 son is home now, having tested negative for the virus again, she remains angry 91裸聊视频� especially after hearing this has happened to other people.

91裸聊视频淭here are better ways to treat each other,91裸聊视频� McDonald said. 91裸聊视频淧eople fought long and hard for our freedoms and this feels really wrong.91裸聊视频�

At Monday91裸聊视频檚 Red Deer city council meeting, Coun. Vesna Higham expressed concern about what the family went through.

If a second COVID test was needed, the family would have understood if the reasons were explained in a respectful manner, said Higham.

She urged for better communications between federal authorities and returning travellers, saying there was no need to hide from the family where Ethan was being taken and for how long.

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Premier Kenney tweeted a similar sentiment, saying 91裸聊视频淧eople entering Canada have an obligation to inform themselves about and comply with testing and quarantine requirements. But federal agencies 91裸聊视频� could avoid a lot of anger and confusion if they were more transparent about where people will be staying, etc..91裸聊视频�

Red Deer South MLA Jason Stephan said in an opinion piece to the Advocate that the kind of treatment the Red Deer family experienced was 91裸聊视频渦naccountably heavy-handed91裸聊视频� and suggested it encroaches on the freedoms Canadians are guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

(With files from Susan Zielinksi)