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Police and public health have NO ANSWERS for why mask exemptions aren't accepted.
While covering an incident in Peterborough, it became apparent that there are many layers (pun intended) to the mask mandates currently in place from the Ontario government.
The mask mandate is seemingly being aggressively enforced without exception, despite the fact that the legislation surrounding masking clearly outlines that there are exceptions to the rule.
Under the Reopening Ontario Act, specifically Regulation 364-20, Section 2, General Compliance, specifically brackets (4) and (6); it states that masks are required, BUT that exemptions exist and goes on to list all the reasons that individuals are exempt. Then in bracket 6 it confirms “it is not necessary for a person to present evidence... of their exemptions.“
Sounds great on paper, right?
Unfortunately, I discovered that Peterborough police are using bullying tactics, under the guise of the Trespass Act (without actually fining anyone), to rid areas of those claiming to have exemptions to mask mandates.
For some reason, the law is only being enforced in one direction. The Peterborough police are going after the mask exempt, but not after business owners who aren't abiding by the exemption law.
After an entire day of reporting, in-person discussions with police, several phone calls with public health and the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and further attempts to seek clarification from Peterborough Police Service — no one could give me a straight answer on the law.
I got a whole lot of deflection, but not a lot of clarity about the behaviour of the police, or acknowledgement of people's right to an exemption from wearing a mask.
The mask mandate is seemingly being aggressively enforced without exception, despite the fact that the legislation surrounding masking clearly outlines that there are exceptions to the rule.
Under the Reopening Ontario Act, specifically Regulation 364-20, Section 2, General Compliance, specifically brackets (4) and (6); it states that masks are required, BUT that exemptions exist and goes on to list all the reasons that individuals are exempt. Then in bracket 6 it confirms “it is not necessary for a person to present evidence... of their exemptions.“
Sounds great on paper, right?
Unfortunately, I discovered that Peterborough police are using bullying tactics, under the guise of the Trespass Act (without actually fining anyone), to rid areas of those claiming to have exemptions to mask mandates.
For some reason, the law is only being enforced in one direction. The Peterborough police are going after the mask exempt, but not after business owners who aren't abiding by the exemption law.
After an entire day of reporting, in-person discussions with police, several phone calls with public health and the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and further attempts to seek clarification from Peterborough Police Service — no one could give me a straight answer on the law.
I got a whole lot of deflection, but not a lot of clarity about the behaviour of the police, or acknowledgement of people's right to an exemption from wearing a mask.
COMMENTS November 29, 2020
R.I. Whittaker
Tamara - see the officer issuing the ticket also took photos on his cell phone of your ID as you provided.
I would be concerned about what happens to that image on his cell phone. Will he delete it and show to his superiors or what is the protocol exactly ? Does he get to keep it and seek you out on social media or does he just follow old school tactics and start showing up where ever you are appearing in public or at home ?
Clive Holloway
The only answer is to ensure that at the next election ALL persons presently in Office should be voted out as an extended thank you holiday for all their efforts.
Julie Groundwater
I am very interested in this story because just a couple of weeks ago,here in N.B.,mask exemptions were accepted,especially at big box stores.Now if you go to a public place unmasked you will receive a $292 fine.
Kevin Straub
So, basically, who cares what is written? Legal rights be damned. Shut up and do what you're told. Did you think you were in a democracy? Where are the class action suits against this bogus power grab?
Shirley Guertin
Every time i call PH, and i have several times, I get a different answer. They have no idea what they are doing.
Brenda Cucheran
Thank you for braving the obviously frustrating job of asking questions from people who don't seem to understand the laws they're supposed to be upholding. The interview kind of reminded me of a sci-fi movie where if a robot or computer is asked a logical question that conflicts with it's programming, it just short circuits.
Maria Madsen
Rose Fox Thank you Rose for the feedback and sharing your experience. They are certainly trying to discourage people who are exempt from wearing a mask. It seems they do not want to enforce the law equally. I agree with you 100% - Courage and strength to you!
George Hartwell
Maria Madsen In time they will be putting pressure on people to get the 'voluntary' vaccination. 2nd Phase: The 1st Phase will lead to compromised and failed immune systems through lack of food, social distancing, wearing of masks, and lack of contact with sunlight and healthy bacteria. Exposure to 5G radiation will further attack the immune system. Thus, when people re-emerge into society, more people will fall ill. This will be blamed on Covid19. This will all occur before the vaccination is ready to justify it. A longer and more potent lockdown will follow until everyone takes the vaccine.
3rd Phase: If majority of people resist the vaccine, a weaponized SARS/HIV/MERS virus will be released. A lot of people will die from this. It will be survival of the fittest. It will also be the ultimate push for everyone to be vaccinated, in order to return to normality. Those who have taken the vaccine will be at war with those who have not. It will be anarchy from all sides."
Gabriel Paul Napora
Further proof that cops can't think for themselves. This is why we need to train police infinitely better.
Shayne Porath
PIGS!
Gilbert Desmarais
Scum-sucking pigs!
Rose Fox Thank you Rose for the feedback and sharing your experience. They are certainly trying to discourage people who are exempt from wearing a mask. It seems they do not want to enforce the law equally. I agree with you 100% - Courage and strength to you!
George Hartwell
Maria Madsen In time they will be putting pressure on people to get the 'voluntary' vaccination. 2nd Phase: The 1st Phase will lead to compromised and failed immune systems through lack of food, social distancing, wearing of masks, and lack of contact with sunlight and healthy bacteria. Exposure to 5G radiation will further attack the immune system. Thus, when people re-emerge into society, more people will fall ill. This will be blamed on Covid19. This will all occur before the vaccination is ready to justify it. A longer and more potent lockdown will follow until everyone takes the vaccine.
3rd Phase: If majority of people resist the vaccine, a weaponized SARS/HIV/MERS virus will be released. A lot of people will die from this. It will be survival of the fittest. It will also be the ultimate push for everyone to be vaccinated, in order to return to normality. Those who have taken the vaccine will be at war with those who have not. It will be anarchy from all sides."
Gabriel Paul Napora
Further proof that cops can't think for themselves. This is why we need to train police infinitely better.
Shayne Porath
PIGS!
Gilbert Desmarais
Scum-sucking pigs!
Kiah Harisine
What is the purpose of wearing a mask if a persons eyes are not also covered? The eyes are a conduit into the nasal passages that viruses can enter? How many positive tests are actually false? They dont want to tell you that. Why? Did you know that certain Covid viruses only cause mild to no illness? Did you know that some Covid viruses might have been around for thousands of years? Are these the ones they are reporting? So many questions that they wont answer. Why?
Rose Fox
"I got a whole lot of deflection, but not a lot of clarity about the behaviour of the police, or acknowledgement of people's right to an exemption from wearing a mask."
To understand why this is so, when the first municipalities passed mandatory mask laws, they did not contain exemptions. That's when the Canadian Constitutional Foundation (CCF) stepped in. Their lawyers wrote letters to offending municipalities informing them that if they did not include exemptions in their mask laws they would be unconstitutional and struck down in court. So, all municipalities included exemptions in their mask laws. CCF also stipulated that the mask exempt should not have their privacy violated by being asked to expose their health information.
However, the CCF did nothing to follow through to ensure that the mask exemption portion of the laws would be enforced. They have a team of lawyers who litigate constitutional challenges, but for some reason they chickened out and sat on their hands while thousands of peoples' Charter rights to a mask exemption were violated. They've been silent about the matter ever since. And that's why we're here today. The lack of followup from the CCF gives authorities, police, members of the public and business owners de facto permission to persecute and bully people who can't wear masks. These victims will be forced to litigate on their own if they want to stand up for their constitutional rights, which is shameful.
Maria Madsen
Tamara, can one ask to issue a ticket for the mall not abiding by the Mask Exemption by-Laws? They should be held accountable and responsible for not properly enforcing the By-Law. I don't think this was ever thought about but should be looked into! Thank you for your great reporting.
Rose Fox
I tried to file a complaint in Toronto after a store refused me service when I was exempt from wearing a mask. It's a municipal law so I called the city to complain. I got passed around four different people, put on hold for a total of 2 hours and then told "it wasn't their job" to handle my complaint. If I had been complaining about someone NOT wearing a mask, I'm sure they'd have been tripping over each other to send a by-law officer.
What is the purpose of wearing a mask if a persons eyes are not also covered? The eyes are a conduit into the nasal passages that viruses can enter? How many positive tests are actually false? They dont want to tell you that. Why? Did you know that certain Covid viruses only cause mild to no illness? Did you know that some Covid viruses might have been around for thousands of years? Are these the ones they are reporting? So many questions that they wont answer. Why?
Rose Fox
"I got a whole lot of deflection, but not a lot of clarity about the behaviour of the police, or acknowledgement of people's right to an exemption from wearing a mask."
To understand why this is so, when the first municipalities passed mandatory mask laws, they did not contain exemptions. That's when the Canadian Constitutional Foundation (CCF) stepped in. Their lawyers wrote letters to offending municipalities informing them that if they did not include exemptions in their mask laws they would be unconstitutional and struck down in court. So, all municipalities included exemptions in their mask laws. CCF also stipulated that the mask exempt should not have their privacy violated by being asked to expose their health information.
However, the CCF did nothing to follow through to ensure that the mask exemption portion of the laws would be enforced. They have a team of lawyers who litigate constitutional challenges, but for some reason they chickened out and sat on their hands while thousands of peoples' Charter rights to a mask exemption were violated. They've been silent about the matter ever since. And that's why we're here today. The lack of followup from the CCF gives authorities, police, members of the public and business owners de facto permission to persecute and bully people who can't wear masks. These victims will be forced to litigate on their own if they want to stand up for their constitutional rights, which is shameful.
Maria Madsen
Tamara, can one ask to issue a ticket for the mall not abiding by the Mask Exemption by-Laws? They should be held accountable and responsible for not properly enforcing the By-Law. I don't think this was ever thought about but should be looked into! Thank you for your great reporting.
Rose Fox
I tried to file a complaint in Toronto after a store refused me service when I was exempt from wearing a mask. It's a municipal law so I called the city to complain. I got passed around four different people, put on hold for a total of 2 hours and then told "it wasn't their job" to handle my complaint. If I had been complaining about someone NOT wearing a mask, I'm sure they'd have been tripping over each other to send a by-law officer.
Keith Hermack
Costco recently implemented and now Fortinos stores (not sure if all Loblaws chain stores) are implementing a policy that for customers exempt from masks, they must wear a face shield or they will not be allowed in the store. A face shield is not a recognized effective Covid19 prevention tool. So what gives these companies the right to set their own policies that differ from public health/municipal by-laws? What action do we have against this besides going to another chain?
Mark MacFadzen
How about a big FUCK YOU to all the authorities who seem to happily enjoy harrassing people.
Mike Gibson
In March, Trudeau quietly suspended the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada, under a “health emergency” version of the War Measures Act. We have been under martial law since then.
Canadians can be arrested and imprisoned without a trial or being permitted a Defense (this has been publicly announced in Quebec, for example), can be forced to undergo medical procedures (such as being forcibly injected with unsafe & unproven vaccines), denied necessities of life (such as food, medicine, etc.), and there is no requirement for a federal election until Trudeau wishes it, as the requirement for periodic elections is only under the Charter.
George Vavoulis
This security guard is being an idiot but that's OK. A fat slob like him will most likely die of weight related issues.
Bruce Atchison
This is a FAKE emergency our leaders and , mis-leaders are pushing on us. Neither do these cops realize that they're violating people's rights by claiming they're trespassing when they actually have exemptions to the ill-advised mask laws. By the way, masks don't stop viruses. They just make people think they're safer. The nanny state has taken all the joy out of this season.
George Hartwell
Are we at Phase one of a Plandemic? Operation Lockstep? "1st Phase: Common cold/flu. Mild symptons at most. Media endorsement of mass paranoia and fear. Flawed testing system utilized, which picks up any genetic material in the body and triggers a positive result. Inflation of Covid case numbers, through changing of death certificates, double-counting, and classifying all deaths including other diseases and natural causes as Covid19. Lockdown will condition us to life under Draconian laws, prevent protests and identify public resistance.
Costco recently implemented and now Fortinos stores (not sure if all Loblaws chain stores) are implementing a policy that for customers exempt from masks, they must wear a face shield or they will not be allowed in the store. A face shield is not a recognized effective Covid19 prevention tool. So what gives these companies the right to set their own policies that differ from public health/municipal by-laws? What action do we have against this besides going to another chain?
Mark MacFadzen
How about a big FUCK YOU to all the authorities who seem to happily enjoy harrassing people.
Mike Gibson
In March, Trudeau quietly suspended the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada, under a “health emergency” version of the War Measures Act. We have been under martial law since then.
Canadians can be arrested and imprisoned without a trial or being permitted a Defense (this has been publicly announced in Quebec, for example), can be forced to undergo medical procedures (such as being forcibly injected with unsafe & unproven vaccines), denied necessities of life (such as food, medicine, etc.), and there is no requirement for a federal election until Trudeau wishes it, as the requirement for periodic elections is only under the Charter.
George Vavoulis
This security guard is being an idiot but that's OK. A fat slob like him will most likely die of weight related issues.
Bruce Atchison
This is a FAKE emergency our leaders and , mis-leaders are pushing on us. Neither do these cops realize that they're violating people's rights by claiming they're trespassing when they actually have exemptions to the ill-advised mask laws. By the way, masks don't stop viruses. They just make people think they're safer. The nanny state has taken all the joy out of this season.
George Hartwell
Are we at Phase one of a Plandemic? Operation Lockstep? "1st Phase: Common cold/flu. Mild symptons at most. Media endorsement of mass paranoia and fear. Flawed testing system utilized, which picks up any genetic material in the body and triggers a positive result. Inflation of Covid case numbers, through changing of death certificates, double-counting, and classifying all deaths including other diseases and natural causes as Covid19. Lockdown will condition us to life under Draconian laws, prevent protests and identify public resistance.
Maryin Sab
How did those things passed police hirrng process is amazing!
Tamara, That fat thing in the mall never even gave you trespass paper, so technically it is not valid.
I am willing to bet if Black Lives matter ran in there looting, the police be ordered to watch them and keep them safe.
George Hartwell
Don't blame the local police. They are under orders. Don't blame your local mayors and premier - they are under orders. Don't blame the Prime Minister - he is on the coattails of the globalists. You will never find the people at the levers of power: The Queen, the Rothschilds and the ultra rich plan our future and even release the plan, but they never get blamed. That is how thorough their control is!
Karissa Katerina
George Hartwell, I agree 100% with what you say. We are not blaming but lord don't the police, and the emplyees of our health system see what is going on? Will everybody just quietly let these coercive measures strip us from our fundamental rights and freedoms? Where are the lawyers fighting our charter of human rights! Don't they realize that they are going to suffer from this new dictatorship regime and also their kids and grandchildren ?
Maryin Sab
Wonder how much this public health overpaid thing makes a month to do nothing in office?
Julie Sereres
I really enjoyed this segment. You raised a lot of good questions. I honestly think that it is a lack of education on the matter in question on behalf of the police and the security guard. The general public needs to be educated as well. They need to understand that many may have truly valid reasons for not wearing a mask. Why people take it upon themselves to shame or harass people without masks is likely a lack of information or clarification. If the guys in blue don't even know what they are enforcing, how is the general public expected to know?
George Hartwell
An example of what is going on: https://theduran.com/boris-johnson-unleashes-the-british.../
Vimal Jhurry
Great job, make sure that someone is held responsible for the police and malls actions. May be we should start a group in organizing the people to resist oppression which I think is on their agenda. Count me in.
An example of what is going on: https://theduran.com/boris-johnson-unleashes-the-british.../
Vimal Jhurry
Great job, make sure that someone is held responsible for the police and malls actions. May be we should start a group in organizing the people to resist oppression which I think is on their agenda. Count me in.
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