How will the new COVID-19 Health Orders be enforced in PG?

Bylaw officers are able to enforce the restrictions but say they can’t hand out fines, saying they will call in the RCMP to do so if needed.

“We do expect an increase in 3-1-1 calls,” says Adam Davey, Director of Community Services and Public Safety with the city. “We will respond, but our priority will be to give education and information.”

Under the Emergency Program Act (EPA), people who organize large, unsafe gatherings or ignore provincial health orders relating to mass gatherings, events or party buses and limousines can be issued a fine or violation ticket of either $200 or $2,000.

You may remember Prince George’s latest big violation, the house party on Regents Crescent where the homeowner was fined over $2,000 for violating public health orders.

Northern Health says they are confident that the public will obey these new orders and they won’t have to intervene to make the public follow them.

by Caden Fanshaw

How will the new COVID-19 Health Orders be enforced in PG?

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