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Kate 18:23 on 2021-01-12 Permalink Reply  

• Ephraim 20:32 on 2021-01-12 Permalink

  The likely can just send in paperwork and get it dismissed, though it will take a LONG time and it’s a useless hassle. The problem is, power corrupts and absolutely power corrupts absolutely. Letting them write tickets without a repercussion means that they feel powerful when issuing the ticket… a feeling that is like catnip for them.

• DeWolf 21:25 on 2021-01-12 Permalink

  Gee, who would have thought that giving police total discretion in enforcing the curfew would result in people being unfairly ticketed.

  This is what happens when a government gives up any meaningful attempt to manage the pandemic. After the spring outbreak, they buried their head in the sand and didn’t take any steps to avoid or mitigate the second wave, like bolstering the test-and-trace infrastructure, boosting resources for online learning, improving ventilation in schools and expanding the mask mandate. Now they’re out of ideas so they’ve turned Covid into a law-and-order issue instead of a public health issue.

• Faiz Imam 21:59 on 2021-01-12 Permalink

  I’ve been living in Toronto for the past few months, and am taking the train back to Montreal next Friday which arrives at 11pm.

  Im hoping that if I’m stopped I can show my ticket and be allowed to get home, but I’m starting to be concerned.

• Kate 22:13 on 2021-01-12 Permalink

  Faiz Imam, it really is a concern. A couple who drove back to Quebec from New Brunswick on the weekend and got into town after 8 were ticketed. Could you get a hotel room at the Queen Elizabeth for that night so you don’t have to exit from the train station complex?

  In any case, hang onto your train ticket, because in theory you are legally allowed to go home after arriving in town on a train, you can show it to a cop and even if you still get ticketed you’ll have evidence to challenge it.

• Joey 22:28 on 2021-01-12 Permalink

  Seems like you’d have a stronger case than them but I wouldn’t trust the discretion of our cops. Come back during the daytime.

  “They also cited one of Quebec’s curfew exceptions, that allows travel for “a person who is going to take an inter-regional or inter-provincial bus, a train or a plane for final travel to the person’s destination,” which they thought would also apply to them.“

• walkerp 22:55 on 2021-01-12 Permalink

  Faiz, can you bring a dog with you?

• Ephraim 12:11 on 2021-01-13 Permalink

  Are the cops accepting puppy play masks? 😀

• Kate 12:30 on 2021-01-13 Permalink

  A couple in Sherbrooke who went out with the man on a leash were ticketed and kink‑shamed simultaneously, and the story hit the international wires.

• Michael Black 12:40 on 2021-01-13 Permalink

  I had to return a library book, so did it at 6pm. There seemed to be a lot of dogs out without people. I guess they figured the curfew law meant they only needed a person after 8pm.

  (And yes, that’s a joke)