COVID-19 infractions during the second wave of the pandemic, says the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in a report that suggests Quebec and Manitoba were particularly forceful in handing out tickets.The association is urging the federal and provincial governments to fight the pandemic by focusing on proven public-health policy interventions including paid sick leave and education rather than punitive enforcement measures.
Manitoba tightens COVID-19 restrictions, closing restaurants, patios, gyms, bars “A pandemic is a public health, not a public order, crisis,” says the report released Thursday.“Punishing people with charges and fines misses the target — the virus itself — often in ways that exacerbate pre-pandemic inequality.”The.