Parliament has passed law that allows government to quarantine a child who show COVID-19 symptoms at school separately from a parent

Several Facebook posts claim that the Government of Canada has passed legislation that would allow the government to quarantine children who exhibit COVID-19 symptoms and separate them from their parent(s).

The posts cite a non-existent piece of legislation titled “COVID act 2020”. The Government of Canada has not passed any such legislation. It has amended legislation but no such legislation allowing the government to separate families exists.