The Huntsville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a male with failing to comply with Quarantine Act.
The Government of Canada has put in place emergency measures to slow the introduction and spread of COVID-19 and variants of concern in Canada. On entering Canada a person must quarantine for 14 days and monitor themselves for signs and symptoms. Compliance with the requirements is subject to verification and enforcement. One of the requirements is for a person to go directly to their place of quarantine without delay and stay there for the duration of their quarantine.
On May 27, 2021 a member of the Huntsville OPP conducted a quarantine compliance check on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The officer found that the male subject to quarantine was not at home, (place of quarantine) and was out in the community. The male received a fine of $3755 for: Failure to comply with an order prohibiting or subjecting to any condition to the entry into Canada contrary to section 58 of the Quarantine Act.
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It should be considered murder, maybe even considered attempted murder for not complying with self isolation.
Many are complaining because the Government is making people from incoming flights stay in hotels approved by them, but I believe this is because many people (obviously) cannot be trusted to self isolate. Thus decent people are penalized because of the few, very selfish, like this person mentioned. It’s really too bad that because of a few selfish people the majority pay. When caught, they should certainly be charged and/or jailed because rich people probably do not care, as it is not a hardship for them. It is a very serious crime! If someone dies because of contact with this person, is that murder?
I agree 100% with you Brian Tapley. When caught red-handed committing a crime, that individual’s rights should be forfeit. To protect the innocent, we must first stop protecting the guilty.
Always impresses me as a bit weird that we worry a great deal about possible harm to a person who has allegedly broken rules and thus put many others at potential risk but we don’t seem to worry about the potential risks that that person has turned loose upon society in general. It is hard to take effective action to protect oneself from a virus spreader if you are denied information on where exactly that spreader has been for example.
Privacy is a great thing but when it creates a situation where the general good is compromised by the deference to one person’s privacy, even when that person has broken the rules and thus caused much potential damage to others, one has to wonder what good the news story actually is.
The balance often seems wrong as on one hand our society is a bit too quick to judge an accused in the media, based on not much more than conjecture or the accusation of one unverified complainant and yet, on the other hand, when caught red handed, standing in the mall with a smoking gun and a dozen dead victims and hundreds of witnesses and video surveillance… well then they report it as an “alleged” crime with no names involved.
One has to think there might be a better way.
Hello Marni,
The OPP has not revealed the name in their release, perhaps to ensure no harm comes to that person.
Why can’t covid people have their names published???