Canadian Amish win long legal battle over $38,000 in COVID-era fines
Fines were waived against a group of Amish from Ontario convicted under the province’s Quarantine Act for not going along with the COVID travel app ArriveCAN.
The Democracy Fund (TDF) in a press release said that it had helped quash the fines for a group of Amish from Ontario convicted under the province’s Quarantine Act for not going along with the COVID travel app ArriveCAN.
“This outcome is a testament to the importance of access to justice for all Canadians, regardless of their background or way of life,” said TDF litigation director Mark Joseph. ArriveCAN was supposed to have cost only $80,000, but the number quickly ballooned to $54 million, with the latest number showing it cost $59.5 million.