Montreal police hand out $430,000 in fines at anti-lockdown demonstration
Police in Montreal handed out hundreds of tickets for violating public health orders on Sunday as demonstrators gathered to protest the province’s latest lockdown to curb COVID-19 transmission.
A police spokesperson told Daily Hive officers handed out 280 violation tickets on Sunday. The price tag for each is $1,546, meaning it works out to more than $432,000 in fines for the entire demonstration.
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Police are also referring six incidents to the prosecution service to potentially pursue charges.
Demonstrators started walking along Sherbrooke Street and gathered at Parc La Fontaine.
Quebec set another single-day record for new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, reporting 2,146 new infections.