The province of Quebec is expected to announce on Wednesday that they will be implementing an 8-9pm curfew with strict new lockdown rules! Amazingly this announcement comes on the heels of a viral video which showed the Gatineau police aggressively arresting and fining a family of 6 for gathering at home for New Years Eve.
Restricting times and locations people can shop concentrates them, resulting in more virus transmission.
I have spent the bulk of my working life in and around policing. Ordinarily, I would publicly defend the police — especially in cases of citizen journalism. I put context to what we are seeing and silence the baying hounds.
However, after viewing the video of Gatineau Police responding to a neighbour’s complaint of members of a family holding a New Year’s Eve gathering, I cannot defend it for a number of reasons.
No, this is NOT satire.
The frail old woman was throwing pieces of bread to the pigeons before she was confronted by police who informed her that she was violating non-existing rules about “gatherings.”
Quebec City police were the busiest when it came to the enforcement of health regulations during the holidays. On New Year’s Eve alone the force handed 52 tickets — 46 of them during protests staged around the National Assembly. Between Dec. 21 and Dec. 27, the force handed out 41 tickets, most of them for illegal gatherings.
With an abysmal track record for leadership and the most hilariously hypocritical book ever, Governor Cuomo is not the omnipotent all-powerful being he seems to think he is. But he continues to govern New York as such. Now, New York Democratic Assemblyman N. Nick Perry is sponsoring Bill A416, which proposes giving the Governor the power to detain and remove “cases, contacts and carriers of communicable diseases who are potentially dangerous to the public health.”
A police statement said more than 100 attendees were facing charges for violating coronavirus restrictions on congregating, social distancing and communal singing. Some of the individuals present, particularly the organizers, may face hefty fines.
Just when you thought that 2021 would see the U.S. and the world return to pre-COVID-19 ‘normal,’ here comes another government bureaucrat to slam that door shut.
Over the Christmas break, Quebec police have been busy ticketing families for gathering to celebrate Christmas together.
While Quebec continues to shatter its COVID-19 daily case records, police around the province are warning the public that they will be out in full force making sure people are abiding by the social distancing measures.
“There will be additional staff that will be deployed in the field in order to respond to calls,” said David Pelletier, a spokesperson for the Quebec City Police Service (SPVQ).
Authorities say officers who will see violations will have a “low tolerance” for people’s holiday gatherings, Pelletier added.
The new measure was announced during a Wednesday news conference and is in response to a new, more contagious strain of coronavirus that is spreading in the U.K.
Do the various governments still maintain the consent of the governed?
It’s an interesting question given the Ontario government recently plunged the province back into another lockdown.
Dozens of passengers on Canadian airlines have been slapped with fines or warning letters by Transport Canada in recent months for refusing to wear a mask on board a flight, with more incidents involving Alberta airports than any other province.
Anyone can see Albertans are practicing to be ‘Muricans. We’re going to trade Cali, Washington, and Oregon for the province.
