The province is enabling police and others such as bylaw officers to issue $2,000 fines to people engaged in price gouging, the reselling of medical supplies.
The province is enabling police and other enforcement officers to issue $2,000 fines to people engaged in price gouging, and the reselling of medical supplies.
B.C.’s minister of public safety Mike Farnworth made the announcement on Sunday morning, saying enforcement will come from bylaw officers, liquor and cannabis inspectors, park rangers, conservation officers, and others.
He said his office has received reports made to Consumer Protection B.C of the reselling of essential medical supplies — including personal protective equipment.
Farnworth called the actions by some “shameful,” citing the story of an elderly, immuno-compromised woman who paid ten times what she normally would for an N95 mask.
“There will