Loopholes at Airports

[TeeJay]

Loopholes allow people to simply take their luggage and leave
Police no longer enforcing illegal orders

Loopholes still allow international travellers to "collect your luggage and leave" at Pearson Airport in Mississauga | INsauga

The federal government has been left scrambling to come up with a plan to prevent international travelers from bypassing hotel quarantine protocols, now that Peel Regional Police is no longer enforcing the rules at Mississauga’s Pearson Airport. And, fears are growing that those who are leaving...

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[TeeJay]

As Chris Sky proves

 

[Malibuk]

Registered nurse could face discipline after refusing COVID-19 testing, quarantine at Toronto airport
A registered nurse who openly refused to comply with quarantine rules and other mandated COVID-19 safety requirements after returning from an international trip at a Toronto airport could face disciplinary action by the body that regulates nurses in Ontario.
A Registered Nurse from Toronto arrived at Pearson International Airport this week and refused to wear a mask, undergo a COVID-19 test or cooperate with the mandatory three-day hotel quarantine period despite legislation requiring all international travellers to do so to protect public health.
Jess Faraone returned to Toronto from a trip to Tanzania on Thursday prepared to fight the COVID-19 airport rules, which have been implemented to protect the health and safety of travellers as well as all Canadian residents, and she shared the unpleasant encounter with airport officials that followed on her Instagram stories.
"So far I have refused to stay in a hotel because I'm a Canadian citizen, I'm refusing to do the COVID test because I'm a Canadian citizen, so now I'm waiting to talk to public health and we'll see what they have to say," she says in one of the videos before revealing that she got into a "screaming match" with border security.
But despite the pushback from airport employees, it seems Faraone was able to leave the airport without complying with any of the required health measures.
"Moral of the story is I walked out," she says in another Instagram story in which she appears to be exiting the airport. "I didn't even get a fucking ticket. They said they'd mail it to me. They tried to shame me because I'm a nurse and I should know better and that's all fucking bullshit."

Anti-masking statements grounds for discipline: CNO
The province's nursing regulatory body, the College of Nurses of Ontario, says it is aware of the videos posted online and according to the conditions outlined on their website, Faraone could face disciplinary action.
When nurses communicate with the public and identify themselves as nurses, they are accountable to the CNO and the public it protects, the regulatory body says. And that applies to public health measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.
"Nurses have a professional responsibility to not publicly communicate anti-vaccination, anti-masking and anti-distancing statements that contradict the available scientific evidence. Doing so may result in an investigation by CNO, and disciplinary proceedings when warranted."
On multiple videos in her series, Faraone tagged the Instagram account of Chris Saccoccia, also known as "Chris Sky," an anti-masker who has consistently rallied against health measures meant to keep people safe during the pandemic. His social media posts are rife with conspiracy theories and misinformation.
"I got the courage to stand up for myself by watching Chris Sky stand up for his own rights at the airport. This made me dive deeper into actually learning and studying the Charter of Rights," Faraone said.

RNAO calls behaviour offensive, unprofessional
Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, say Faraone displayed "offensive behaviours that are unprofessional and that contravene public health measures."
"To have this video surfacing on social media at the same time thousands and thousands of RNs, RPNs, NPs and other health professionals are working 24 hours a day, seven days a week protecting Ontarians and trying to save lives is unfathomable," Grinspun said in an emailed statement to CBC News.
Grinspun added that if Faraone is a practising nurse in Ontario, the CNO should deal with this matter "as they are obligated to do."
Having any health professional acting in this way compromises the collective effort to mitigate the damage caused by COVID-19, she said, and she urges the public to continue following public health measures advised by the province.

Violators of Quarantine Act could face $750K fine: PHAC
In a statement, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) told CBC News it is aware of Faraone's conduct and it is looking into the incident.
Although the PHAC couldn't provide additional details of the case citing privacy concerns, it said travellers are legally obligated to follow the instructions of a screening officer or quarantine officer on testing and mandatory hotel quarantining.
"Violating any instructions provided to you when you entered Canada is an offence under the Quarantine Act and could lead to up to six months in prison and/or $750,000 in fines," the agency said.

Registered nurse could face discipline after refusing COVID-19 testing, quarantine at Toronto airport | CBC News
Unmasked Toronto nurse refuses testing and quarantine at Pearson Airport (blogto.com)

 

[TeeJay]

Violators of Quarantine Act could face $750K fine: PHAC

You Covidiots have been writing about the $750K fines for a year now as normal people ignored stay home orders and went outside

We heard horror stories from last spring, last summer, last fall, last winter

Yet in over a year has not a single person been convicted of even an $800 covid ticket (but many have been stayed / withdrawn)

Not even big name anti-mask organizers have been convicted yet


I mean I could write in all bold about how you could face a car accident
If I predict it often enough I could be correct
You know that expression about broken clocks right?

 

[Malibuk]

Yet in over a year has not a single person been convicted of even an $800 covid ticket (but many have been stayed / withdrawn)

At least you are consistent.



Only 18 per cent of COVID-19 charges laid in Ontario since March last year had been dealt with by the justice system by the end of January, leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid fines outstanding nearly a year into the pandemic.
Only 990 of the 5,584 charges laid since March 2020 had been dealt with — fines being paid, the charges withdrawn or another disposition — as of January 2021, according to data provided by the Ministry of the Attorney General.
Just 100 of 1,027 Toronto charges had been dealt with in the same period.
In fact, Toronto had the highest percentage of unresolved charges — 90 per cent — compared to all the other regions and compared to 82 per cent for the province overall.
As of January, a total $469,839 in fines had been paid across the province, including $27,620 from Toronto.
Hefty fines have been held up by provincial and other officials as a way to help enforce social distancing and other COVID-19 related rules.

 

[squeezer]

At least you are consistent.



Only 18 per cent of COVID-19 charges laid in Ontario since March last year had been dealt with by the justice system by the end of January, leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid fines outstanding nearly a year into the pandemic.
Only 990 of the 5,584 charges laid since March 2020 had been dealt with — fines being paid, the charges withdrawn or another disposition — as of January 2021, according to data provided by the Ministry of the Attorney General.
Just 100 of 1,027 Toronto charges had been dealt with in the same period.
In fact, Toronto had the highest percentage of unresolved charges — 90 per cent — compared to all the other regions and compared to 82 per cent for the province overall.
As of January, a total $469,839 in fines had been paid across the province, including $27,620 from Toronto.
Hefty fines have been held up by provincial and other officials as a way to help enforce social distancing and other COVID-19 related rules.

Consistently misinformed and a spreader of misinformation! At least he's good a something.

 

[TeeJay]

At least you are consistent.

Oh cmon that is nonsense without SOURCE
We both know why you did that

 

[Malibuk]

Oh cmon that is nonsense without SOURCE
We both know why you did that

So you think those are random numbers I made up?
Like I said, consistent.

Hefty fines were supposed to help enforce COVID-19 rules in Ontario. But almost a year into the pandemic few have been paid | The Star



“It’s a question of priorities,” said John Struthers, president of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, who added that provincial courts that deal with these offences are not running at full steam in the midst of pandemic.

In September, Premier Doug Ford announced a new minimum fine of $10,000 for organizers of illegal social gatherings — the highest fine anywhere in the country, he said then.
“We will throw the book at you if you break the rules and we can’t afford to let a few rulebreakers reverse all the hard work and progress the people of Ontario have made over the past six months,” Ford said. “It’s just not fair to the vast majority of people who are following the rules and thinking about others.”

 

[TeeJay]

So you think those are random numbers I made up?
Like I said, consistent.

Hefty fines were supposed to help enforce COVID-19 rules in Ontario. But almost a year into the pandemic few have been paid | The Star



“It’s a question of priorities,” said John Struthers, president of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, who added that provincial courts that deal with these offences are not running at full steam in the midst of pandemic.

In September, Premier Doug Ford announced a new minimum fine of $10,000 for organizers of illegal social gatherings — the highest fine anywhere in the country, he said then.
“We will throw the book at you if you break the rules and we can’t afford to let a few rulebreakers reverse all the hard work and progress the people of Ontario have made over the past six months,” Ford said. “It’s just not fair to the vast majority of people who are following the rules and thinking about others.”

Ah notice they lump fines in together like that

I thought you were trying to obfuscate but it appears the actual article was the one who did so
Apologies on that count


Just as an FYI; there are NO individual fines that have been paid
Perhaps I should have been more clear


The fines that HAVE been collected are the ones against businesses (notice how they are mentioned in same sentence of article to make it sound worse?)

We have a list of those already (eg Costco overcrowding on York Region webpage)


And of those fines (again even quoted in your article) they are not pursuing the indy $800s
They are going after event organizers for big bucks



As I pointed out to Genesis above; the backlog to courts is insane
Even if Crown wanted to pursue them they do not have enough courts to even hear most of them at this point

 

[Malibuk]

Just as an FYI; there are NO individual fines that have been paid
Perhaps I should have been more clear

And of those fines (again even quoted in your article) they are not pursuing the indy $800s

Of course some individual fines have been paid.
Why would you assume that the percentage that choose to fight is 100%?

There is no amnesty.
All of these people will be be dealt with when their turn comes up.

There are a lot of bullshit charges that will be tossed but there are many that will proceed.

 

[Malibuk]

COVID-19 fines: Woman handed nearly $7,000 in tickets for breaking quarantine, West Vancouver police say
A woman has received two hefty fines totalling nearly $7,000 for breaking COVID-19 quarantine, West Vancouver police say.
In a news release Wednesday, police said a 59-year-old woman was handed two fines of $3,450 each last week.
Local officers were notified by Public Health Agency of Canada that she may have been breaking her quarantine.
PHAC alleged the woman, who had come into Canada at the Pacific Highway Border Crossing on March 4, didn't give "an adequate negative COVID-19 test upon arrival" and that she visited someone at Lions Gate Hospital not long after entering the country.
Then, on March 5 at 1:20 p.m., a West Vancouver officer went to the home she was supposed to be quarantining at and found the woman returning from a walk.
Police say the woman claimed she was exempt from quarantine, but didn't produce any official documentation proving her exemption. Police also say the woman has a Canadian passport but couldn't confirm she lives permanently in West Vancouver.
She was fined once for the allegations made by PHAC and a second time for breaking quarantine as observed by the officer that day. In total, the two fines came to $6,900.

 

[Malibuk]

Injunction against quarantine hotel policy denied, constitutional hearing to go ahead
TORONTO -- A constitutional rights advocacy group has lost its bid for an injunction against the federal government's quarantine hotel policy designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Canadian Constitution Foundation had asked for the injunction while waiting for the courts to rule on whether the policy for incoming international travellers is constitutional.

In dismissing the injunction request, Justice Frederick L. Myers said the applicants will not suffer irreparable harm in the few weeks leading up to a hearing on the constitutionality of the policy.
Myers also said the public interest in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and variants of the virus outweighs the arguments in favour of an injunction that would temporarily suspend the order, which is set to expire on April 21.
He said in his decision that the applicants' true upset is that they are forced to spend money when they think they can quarantine at home safely.
"However, according to the data and the views of those with knowledge and experience studying the problem scientifically, and not just on Twitter, there are serious increased risks presented by arriving planes carrying a higher proportion of people with COVID-19 and variants," said Myers.

Coronavirus: Injunction against quarantine hotel policy denied, constitutional hearing to go ahead | CTV News

 

[squeezer]

COVID-19 fines: Woman handed nearly $7,000 in tickets for breaking quarantine, West Vancouver police say
A woman has received two hefty fines totalling nearly $7,000 for breaking COVID-19 quarantine, West Vancouver police say.
In a news release Wednesday, police said a 59-year-old woman was handed two fines of $3,450 each last week.
Local officers were notified by Public Health Agency of Canada that she may have been breaking her quarantine.
PHAC alleged the woman, who had come into Canada at the Pacific Highway Border Crossing on March 4, didn't give "an adequate negative COVID-19 test upon arrival" and that she visited someone at Lions Gate Hospital not long after entering the country.
Then, on March 5 at 1:20 p.m., a West Vancouver officer went to the home she was supposed to be quarantining at and found the woman returning from a walk.
Police say the woman claimed she was exempt from quarantine, but didn't produce any official documentation proving her exemption. Police also say the woman has a Canadian passport but couldn't confirm she lives permanently in West Vancouver.
She was fined once for the allegations made by PHAC and a second time for breaking quarantine as observed by the officer that day. In total, the two fines came to $6,900.

Injunction against quarantine hotel policy denied, constitutional hearing to go ahead
TORONTO -- A constitutional rights advocacy group has lost its bid for an injunction against the federal government's quarantine hotel policy designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Canadian Constitution Foundation had asked for the injunction while waiting for the courts to rule on whether the policy for incoming international travellers is constitutional.

In dismissing the injunction request, Justice Frederick L. Myers said the applicants will not suffer irreparable harm in the few weeks leading up to a hearing on the constitutionality of the policy.
Myers also said the public interest in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and variants of the virus outweighs the arguments in favour of an injunction that would temporarily suspend the order, which is set to expire on April 21.
He said in his decision that the applicants' true upset is that they are forced to spend money when they think they can quarantine at home safely.
"However, according to the data and the views of those with knowledge and experience studying the problem scientifically, and not just on Twitter, there are serious increased risks presented by arriving planes carrying a higher proportion of people with COVID-19 and variants," said Myers.

Coronavirus: Injunction against quarantine hotel policy denied, constitutional hearing to go ahead | CTV News

Oh no, has someone notified Chris Sky and Tj about this breaking news??

 

[Malibuk]

CBSA has nabbed 30 people trying to enter Canada with fake COVID-19 test results

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has caught 30 people who have allegedly tried to enter the country with suspected fake COVID-19 test results.
In an email to CBC News, CBSA spokesperson Louis-Carl Brissette Lesage said between Jan. 7 and March 24 of this year, officers intercepted 10 suspected fraudulent test result documents at airports.
Then between Feb. 15 and March 24, officers at land ports of entry found people trying to enter the country with suspected fake COVID-19 test results 20 times.

"All travellers arriving in Canada are obligated by Canadian law to respond truthfully to all questions," Brissette Lesage said. "Providing false information to a Government of Canada official upon entry to Canada or making false fraudulent attempts is a serious offence and may result in penalties and/or criminal charges."
In January, the federal government ordered that all travellers returning to Canada by air from abroad must produce evidence of a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flights.
Every traveller over the age of five must show a negative test result from a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) test administered in the 72 hours before their flight's departure.
Similar requirements were instituted for non-essential travellers at land border crossings last month.

Recent arrests by Peel Regional Police shed light on some of these instances happening at Pearson airport.
One happened on the afternoon of March 21, police say. That's when a CBSA officer came across a negative COVID-19 test document that appeared to be fake, while conducting an inspection check.
Public health reviewed it, and in the end, a 45-year-old Edmonton man was arrested and charged with using a forged document.
A similar incident happened on the evening of Feb. 8. This time, a 29-year-old Stratford, Ont., man was arrested on the same charge.

According to the CBSA, failure to comply with the current border entry restrictions could lead to up to six months in prison and/or $750,000 in fines.
As well, the agency says, a person who causes a risk of imminent death or serious bodily harm to another person while wilfully or recklessly contravening the Quarantine Act could be liable for a fine of up to $1,000,000 or imprisonment of up to three years, or both.

 

[TeeJay]

Hey all I am saying is 30 caught means many more have slipped through

Its no diff than smuggling contraband across the border

They crow when they catch one but are silent on how many they suspect get away with it

 

[Malibuk]

OTTAWA — Canada is extending the use of quarantine hotels for international air travellers another month, and considering whether it needs to do more to stop COVID-19 cases from getting into the country from abroad.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that could include barring incoming flights from specific countries, such as India, even as he defended his government's actions on the border as effective Tuesday.

"We are continuing to look at more and I have asked our officials to look carefully at, for example, what the U.K. has done very recently on suspending flights from India," he said.

The U.K. is adding India to its "red list" of countries from which it bars incoming flights. Only British citizens arriving from one of the 40 countries on the list are permitted entry, and they must go to quarantine hotels for 10 days.

India has reported more than 250,000 new cases of COVID-19 daily this week. Its hospitals are full and the death toll is piling up. Doctors are investigating whether another new variant, known as B.1.617, may be part of the reason.