British Columbia's public safety minister has ordered police and other provincial enforcement officers to start handing out $2,000 fines to people who contravene public health orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says the order is effective immediately and will target anyone who hosts or organizes a large gathering such as a house party or beach gathering where public health orders are not enforced.
The fines will also apply, Farnworth said, to anyone who does not keep a list of the contact information for everyone who attends a gathering, even if it is fewer than the allowed 50 people. "This pandemic is not ending soon but together we will get through it," Farnworth said. "Now more than ever this is a time to be selfless."
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