Less than 10% of Manitoba COVID-19 enforcement fines paid, according to provincial data
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Manitoba Justice says unpaid fines for COVID 'Public Health Act' offences are sent to a collections agency for further action.
Manitoba Justice Minister Cameron Friesen is reminding Manitobans that unanswered, unpaid fines relating to COVID-19 enforcement in the province will result in more penalties, like being prohibited from renewing driver’s licences or vehicle registrations.
He made the comments as the department wasn’t able to provide figures to Global News on the number of people facing this kind of discipline.
Unpaid ticket fines for Public Health Act offences are also sent to a collections agency for further action, Friesen added in a written statement.
“No one is ‘getting away.’ We have a proper process and procedure that is being followed,” Friesen said. “I urge Manitobans to follow public health orders and protect each other.”
The Manitoba government’s latest set of public health orders came into effect early Tuesday, largely targeting indoor and outdoor gathering sizes when unimmunized but eligible-to-be-vaccinated people are present.
Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin says the province is heading for a significant fourth wave if Manitobans don’t play their part in reducing transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19.
“These orders are not going to have much (of) an effect unless there’s adherence to them, and part of adherence may have to be enforcement,” Roussin said. “(We are) in a trajectory right now that could take us to a place where we’ll see quite a significant amount of strain on our health-care system unless we change it.”
According to the province’s online COVID-19 enforcement dashboard, between Sept. 27 and Oct. 3, enforcement officials added 19 tickets to reach an overall tally of 2,186 issued since April 9, 2020: 14 to businesses, two to individuals failing to wear a mask at $296 each, and three to people failing to self-isolate at $1,296 each.
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