COVID-19 crackdowns: Fines are fine but bring on the ‘norm entrepreneurs’

COVID-19 crackdowns: Fines are fine but bring on the ‘norm entrepreneurs’

By Bill Bogart

The number of COVID-19 infections are back up and rising rapidly in many parts of Canada. Gone are the hopeful days of summer when we believed we were wrestling the contagion to the ground.

The reopening of schools across the country was contentious amid fears that they could become super-spreader sites.

British Columbia largely contained the first wave. It is struggling to limit the second. Manitoba has had to move to red-alert level to deal with rising levels of infections.

In Ontario, permissible numbers for social gatherings have now been reduced to 25 for outdoors and 10 for indoors. Strip clubs have been closed and the hours of bars and restaurants have been limited.