From Montreal Blog:
- Police in Gatineau confirmed that officers had issued someone a $1,000 fine for violating social distancing rules in Quebec.
- It’s not even the highest possible fine.
- Reports indicate that Montreal police are also prepared to issue tickets.
- Visit MTLBlog for more headlines.
Police are ready to enforce social distancing rules in Quebec. The Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) announced Wednesday that its officers had given out the very “first ticket under the Public Health Act,” which forbids almost all gatherings of people who don’t live in the same residence. “The $1,000 fine was issued following a trip to an apartment for a gathering,” according to a statement on the SPVG website.
Officers discovered the gathering after responding to a noise complaint after midnight in Hull.
Please read the rest over at Mtl Blog:
(For those that do not know, Hull is essentially a suburb of Canada’s capitol, Ottawa on the other side of the Ottawa River in Quebec. Much of the government buildings are there and also the civil service. Although Ottawa is in Ontario, Hull is essentially part of Ottawa. Perhaps somewhat analogous to parts of Virginia and Washington DC.
Hopefully the recipient of this ticket will fight it to the best of their abilities as its hard to think of a constitutional basis or any non-fiat basis that such a ticket could be valid.
It is one thing to go to a public place with the intention of spreading a disease unbeknownst to the people at the location. but quite another to go to a private function where everyone understands and chooses those risks. There is something terribly wrong in all this. How is it not a police state when you get $1000.00+ fines for going to a private residence?)
Thank you ML.
