This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A person crosses Queen Street at O'Connor Street as foot and vehicular traffic remains low as people practice social distancing in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. There have been complaints in multiple cities of authorities being too stringent in their enforcement of new rules.
“The point is to achieve compliance with public health goals, not drive up your municipal revenues through a ticket blitz,” Mr. Bryant wrote.There have been complaints in multiple cities of authorities being too stringent in their enforcement of new rules, including concerns about the ticketing of homeless individuals in Toronto and Hamilton. and a women in Montreal who faced fines after a crowd gathered to singto her. Though he knew of some of these complaints, Mr.
Anthony Di Monte, who oversees the City of Ottawa’s bylaw services, said the city received more than 500 complaints over the weekend and issued only 43 citations. Mayor Jim Watson added that the city did try to educate residents for two weeks, “but we had a bar that was open, we had a garage sale, we had kids’ birthday parties. ... And this has to stop.”“There needs to be a recognition that everyone is just learning how to behave in this new world,” Mr. Menard said.
The Ministry of the Solicitor-General said in an e-mail Monday that specific rules around for physical-distancing guidelines are up to individual municipalities.“Local enforcement personnel are encouraged to exercise discretion and use a graduated approach when enforcing provincial emergency orders,” spokesperson Brent Ross said.
These are not people adjusting or confused or mistaken. These are people with a blatant disregard of the health and safety of others because their own selfish wants and needs and feeling they are special and the rules don't apply to them. Ticket away.
How can you go too far, to protect people?
Typical Ottawa, I didn't listen to the rules and I'm getting punished so I'm going to cry about it. I see this type of behaviour. People in this city think they can do whatever they want without consequence, why because nothing ever gets enforced in the first place
LaLaKosply Montreal too, Laval too, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu too. You have to be quite the dumbass to earn such a ticket. And really be impervious to rule changes.
the Canadian Civil Liberties Association should cease-and- desist until July 1.
$1,000.00 in New York. With the exchange, about $1400.00 Getting off cheap in Ottawa. Perhaps some will realize we are serious. Hit the pocketbook always works.
Why do they pay just for their flight to new York.. With that fine instead StayHomeSaveLives
Not at all. There are still too many morons and selfish pricks not taking this seriously.
They aren't doing anything wrong. People shouldn't be out unless you really need to. People refuse to stay home to do things they don't need to be doing well that's what happens!
MLGG2 FLATTEN THE CURVE....STAY HOME....... DISTANCEING IS CRUCIAL..... WASH HANDS FREQUENTLY..... THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE......BE DELIGENT AND SMART.....NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES DESERVES CONSEQUENCES...🙏🇨🇦❤️
I support the enforcement of social distancing
Typical
You are darn right they are going too far. The notion that you can put an entire nation on house arrest for several months is ridiculous. People have a right to get some sun at the parks and beaches, and municipalities should not try to raise cash off the backs of poor people.
Many old people live independently, have no relatives, but get support from various types of agencies. What happens to them now?
goodeb People love power and they love to abuse power even more.
This is fine. Stay home you selfish people.
Stay the fuck home!
There is no evidence that this policy saves anybody. But there's a mounting pile of evidence that it wrecks the economy, strangles liberty, endangers the lives of many people & menaces the health and life expectancy of millions of healthy old people
Do tickets generate city income in Ottawa?
Not too far if people don’t stay home.
Rose Webster GetMyGist here. City of Ottawa IS GOING TOO FAR. 90% of this spread via wildlife. 75% death via Gram -ve. 🐦x a virus 1B times MORE than 🧍. 🤼& 🐎are dead-end hosts. 😷 help w/ AIRBORNE decaying bug bits/eggs. H. longicornis 🔝 problem & will require DDT.
99freemind With officer resources being re-allocated towards nonsense like this actual criminals must think they have won the crime & punishment lottery here.
99freemind Ottawa is the most boring major city in North America. There’s nothing there worth being fined for. Stay home
99freemind I remember in the 80's my girlfriend's friend said someday the government will arrest you for not washing your hands. 😕
99freemind Revenue generation because they are losing.
yeah I think they government is taking it to far with physical distancing it has people freaking out. If you are sick than stay home or go to the hospital if you are not sure if you have the virus. Its not hard just have a lot of dumb people out there is all just saying
Stay home or get fined. StayHomeCanada
“CLA President Michael Bryant wrote Monday that police and bylaw officers should be educating, informing and then warning people before issuing tickets”. Anyone who needs more education, information and warning has been ignoring. TICKET, TICKET, TICKET. cdnpoli COVID19
Sounds like it's true
When SJW’s meet SDW’s, the outcome is entertaining
Don’t like it , stay the hell home !!
Nope. Stay home.
Welcome to the police state.
No way, no how. When citizens refuse to follow the rules then there are consequences - fine and fine them hard JimWatsonOttawa
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