I'm hesitant to return because of the incompetence arising from containing the pandemic but also the vicious stranglehold of authoritarian measures recently suggested to limit provincial travel. I'm not okay paying 5k to remain in a quarantine centre and there's no chance of me getting a stable job without traveling to my usual seasonal route vis hitchhiking.
All of these small issues become a struggle when I can simply bypass this mess and go somewhere warmer and cheaper. I'm also fearful of the current state of the Canadian economy. My last remaining CAD I own is always on my person, meaning I can't exchange it without immigration or the nz tax agency potentially taxing me.