A Minnesota couple were fined $1,000 each for violating Canada's mandatory quarantine order

[Nevilledog]

Last edited Mon Jul 6, 2020, 01:04 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-minnesota-couple-were-fined-dollar1000-each-for-violating-canadas-mandatory-quarantine-order/ar-BB16mNH1

Two Americans are facing $1,000 fines each after violating Canada's Quarantine Act upon their arrival across the border.

David Sippel, 66, and Anne Sippel, 65, of Excelsior, Minnesota, entered Canada at the Fort Frances crossing on June 24 and were instructed to self-quarantine for 14 days, Canada's Global News reported.

The Sippels were seen making stops in the town of Fort Frances, which the Ontario Provincial Police told Global News led to the charges.

The act was invoked in late March in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. It mandates self-isolation for international travelers once they arrive in the country, barring them from public spaces like transportation. Forbes reported that the act was updated in 2005 to address the SARS epidemic by imposing legal penalties on those who break quarantine, including fines and jail time.

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Some Americans are just assholes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Original article here:

https://www.insider.com/canada-quarantine-act-minnesota-couple-fined-2020-7 (Sorry; I hate MSN almost as much as Raw Story because it's hard to read and clickbaity). And "Americans" aren't assholes; those Americans are assholes. Excelsior is an affluent suburb of Minneapolis where people might be more inclined to suffer from cases of entitlement.

[Nevilledog]

4. I'm just sick of stupid people.... But you are correct.... We're not all assholes.

[Nevilledog]

6. Changed OP to some. You guys were right to call me out on that.

[roamer65]

2. Why were they allowed across the border?

I thought all non-essential travel to Canada was halted.

Canada needs to start turning around Americans unless it is a provable, dire emergency.

[BComplex]

3. Correction: SOME Americans are just assholes.

The rest of us are appalled by their actions.

[Nevilledog]

5. You are correct. Not all of us are jerks.

[tirebiter]

7. Do the crime, pay the fine

Simple.

[Sherman A1]

8. Good

They should pay more n my opinion, but that might get their attention.

[Maxheader]

9. Hmm..

Can manslaughter charges be brought against people that passed corona on...?

Through violating the areas social distancing laws?...no masks..

and it can be proven, that's the cause of a death...

[Tipperary]

10. Not everyone dies, you know that, right?

[Maxheader]

11. NO! Your kiddin...

Yeah I know that..it was purely a question of particular circumstance...