So, I will take your Non answer as being a paid influencer on this forum John.
See how that works?
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That article, and the statement from the actual OHRC website says it is "generally permissible during a pandemic"
So just redefine what a "pandemic" is. Just like how Venezuela curbed their terrible starvation problem: they made it illegal to list starvation as the cause of death.
It is a violation of our charter rights (especially section 12) and the Canadian Human Rights Act, which supersede provincial matters. The OHRC policy language sounds like a load of commie double-speak to me.
The police simply showing up means nothing. I did not deny the possibility of police being physically present at a given location. My argument is that the police can't do anything as this is a by-law issue. And police are walking on eggshells these days with everything they do -- cameras in their face, etc.
I and a few others were harassed by elections Canada staff for not wearing a mask at a polling station. The unprofessional staff deferred to the manager, and the unprofessional manager threatened all sorts of incorrect and illegal measures, only to eventually defer to the police that were present. He told me I could speak to them if I refused to leave. I told him sure, send them over I'll wait right here.
Guess what the police did? They apologized for our mistreatment and said they'd have this sorted out so we could be on our way shortly.
Because we were not breaking any laws and they knew it. The only harassment or disturbance caused was from the workers.
I don't think scaring businesses with fines and suspension of their liquor license is a good thing. It will in no way lead to increased health and immunity. The whole idea might just tickle whatever authoritarian titillations some people may privately enjoy.
To reply to both Impact and Trimmer21's original question about a large group just showing up and being turned away:
Some friends of mine visited a restaurant in Oakville the other day. Funny enough, it was a large group of 10 after a weekly pick up game. They were denied entry to their usual spot but welcomed here. It was a large bill, and they were impressed with the service and the attitude of the owners that they said ok we'll see you every week.
No harassment, no assault, no giving the few pro-freedom people left in this country a bad name.
That's how it's done.
I suspect more and more restaurants won't check for proof of vaccines and just conduct business as usual. Especially after operating at reduced capacity.
I've spoken to a gym that says they will not check either, as it's none of their business to have their customers disclose personal medical information to anyone but their doctors.
Been to 4 restaurants since Wed..not asked once. And I didn't see any other patrons being asked for theirs either.
This is how it's been since the pandemic 'restrictions' were put in place. Minimum compliance with the rules.
Yet Leads Grenville leads Ontario with it's vaccination rates:
Of the region’s population 12 years of age and over, 94.1% have first doses (93.2% last week), and 88.5% have second doses (87.7% last week) (as of Sept 19, 2021).
I have a hard time with the use of the term 'anti-vaxxer' encompassing even those that get the vaccine, but are against the mandatory policies, the lockdowns, and the restrictions. My community has shown you can be vaccinated but still be passive-aggressive in you're scorn of the authoritarian overrule.
Update: saw a guy get kicked out of Tim's..he sat down to drink his coffee and they were on him like a pack of dogs on a 3 legged cat.
I saw him sitting in his car drinking the coffee in the parking lot when I left, no harm no foul. :)