Police, along with bylaw officers, will also be able to require an individual to provide a home address and purpose for not being at their residences for the duration of the stay-at-home order, now expected to last until May 20. “This additional enforcement tool will only be in effect during the Stay-at-Home order and exclusively to enforce the Stay-at-Home order,” according to a news release from the province. A spokesperson for Jones said the stay-at-home order does not apply to the homeless. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...“Despite endless calls for evidence-based pandemic policy, there very little evidence that fines deter unwanted behaviours, and there is absolutely no evidence that fines work in a COVID-19 context,” McClelland said in an email Friday. “There is, however, lots of evidence that fines will negatively impact people made marginalized, including poor people, and Black, Indigenous, and other people of colour.”Stay-at-home order notwithstanding, essential workplaces remain open.

Source: thestar April 17, 2021 00:03 UTC