Federal records show that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) imposed quarantine fines at a rate of over $61,000 a day on cross-border travellers from January to August.
The fines were disclosed in an Inquiry of Ministry presented in the Commons by Tory MP Eric Duncan, with most travellers being fined $5,000 at a time, totalling nearly $14.9 million during the eight months.
Fines totalled $14,886,750 over the 243-day period, the equivalent of $61,262 a day, according to Blacklock’s Reporter, which obtained the records.
A total of 3,614 tickets were issued against travellers who breached the federal quarantine rules, with most at land borders, from Jan. 1 to Aug. 31….