REGINA Saskatchewan MLAs are looking to crack down on organizers of anti-mask demonstrations and so-called freedom rallies through stiffer penalties. “What we’ve seen so far is that these $2,800 tickets aren’t acting as a deterrence to organizers or people who are attending the protests,” said NDP justice critic Nicole Sarauer. Typically, protest organizers have been handed the current maximum fine of $2,800 for violating public health orders. The government is proposing to increase the ticket to a maximum of $10,000. The NDP thinks that should only be the starting point. “We think that the government should be making it very clear that these actions are not only unacceptable and dangerous and stupid,” said Sarauer.
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Measures taken in Saskatchewan’s courts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are causing delays in dealing with provincial offence tickets, including those issued for violations of public health orders.
The courts have at times been unable to proceed with ticket dockets due to the need to comply with COVID-19 public health protocols, Court of Saskatchewan spokeswoman Dawn Blaus said.
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“Given the inability of the Court to deal with provincial offence tickets on a regular basis, including those written under The Public Health Act, there is a build-up of matters to be heard in some locations. Sometimes, as a result, new tickets in those locations are often written for a date well into the future and have not yet come under the jurisdiction of the Court,” she said in an email.
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Posted: Apr 30, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 30
Kelly Munce has been in Regina General Hospital for nearly a week due to COVID-19 complications. Watching a recent online video of a Saskatchewan health inspector shaking hands with an anti-mask protester felt like someone just spit in my face, he says.(Submitted by Kelly Munce)
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Measures taken in Saskatchewan’s courts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are causing delays in dealing with provincial offence tickets, including those issued for violations of public health orders.
The courts have at times been unable to proceed with ticket dockets due to the need to comply with COVID-19 public health protocols, Court of Saskatchewan spokeswoman Dawn Blaus said.
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“Given the inability of the Court to deal with provincial offence tickets on a regular basis, including those written under The Public Health Act, there is a build-up of matters to be heard in some locations. Sometimes, as a result, new tickets in those locations are often written for a date well into the future and have not yet come under the jurisdiction of the Court,” she said in an email.
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