A new rule requiring other Americans to wear a mask in Hamilton’s indoor public spaces will take effect Monday.
The city council voted 13-3 on Friday to bring the regulation into force, which the councillors will return in October. The goal is to save you the spread of COVID-1nine while allowing other Americans to shop at local businesses.
The law stipulates that other Americans will have to wear a mask or mask in the companies and services in Hamilton. Business owners may be required to put symptoms on their entries by stating that it is mandatory to wear a mask.
Each adult will prefer a mask unless a medical condition causes the user to dress with it, and on that front, the user’s word can be taken literally. Children under 2 years of age should also wear masks.
Business owners who do not comply will also receive a $500 fine, and Americans will also receive a $200 fine, Ken Leendertse, the head of the city’s bylaws, says it’s never a fine for people.
“You’re not probably the maximum w8 of the app,” he told the advisors. “It’s about education.”
Councillors said they’ve gotten numerous letters and emails for and against a mask bylaw, which is similar to bylaws passed by other Ontario municipalities, including Burlington, St. Catharines, Brantford and Toronto.
Not all councillors were supportive. Terry Whitehead (Ward 14, West Mountain) voted against the numbers, to get teenagers to wear masks.
Even if the intention is never very good, Whitehead says, once the regulations are in place, it depends on the whims of compliance officers.
He also argued that some studies show that the mask does not seem as effective and that while public fitness experts put on the mask, those experts do not seem well. He cited his own exposure to aluminum dust due to his indecipherable use in a mine, which has now caused him physical condition problems, even though the Department of Health had approved it.
Regulation of masks also stigmatizes other Americans who can’t wear masks, he said, or who can’t force their teens to wear masks.
“It’s about people’s rights at the foundation of maximum productive science,” he said, “and openness.”
Mr. Coun. Judi Partridge (15th Ward, Waterdown) objected, saying it represented a burden on business owners.
But most of the councillors were strongly in favor. Mr. Coun. Brenda Johnson (Ward 11, Glanbrook) said some citizens said they would not vote for her in October 2022 if she voted for mandatory mask regulation.
“I said, ‘I hope in October 2022 healthy enough to vote.'”
“I wear one more to respect you,” Coun said. Maria Pearson (Ward 10, Lower Stoney Cree). “I like you, put on one more to respect me.”
Mr. Coun. Sam Merullos angels (District 4, East End) feared that “we are carrying the American politicization of public fitness.” “We pay the fitness experts carefully,” he said.
“Science is real,” he says. “One plus one corresponds to two. Those who fight science advance a plus one corresponding to three, hence the reasons why I call them.
Hamilton has 873 times COVID-19, four times more than Thursday. Of these, 86 are shown and likely.
Forty-four more Americans have died and 806 have recovered, of which 23 are known to have COVID-19.
Who voted for a mask?
Maureen Wilson (Ward 1), Jason Farr (2), Nrinder Nann (3), Sam Merullos angeles (4), Chad Collins (5), Tom Jackson (6), John-Paul Danko (8), Brad Closrk (9), Maria Pearson (10), Brenda Johnson (11), Arlene Vanderbeek (13).
Who objected
Lloyd Ferguson (12), Judi Partridge (15), Terry Whitehead (14, but settlement quantities).
Absent
Esther Pauls (7 years old).
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Samantha Craggs is a CBC News journalist founded in Hamilton, Ontario. S is curious about stories of politics and social justice and live tweets from Hamilton City Council. Follow her on Twitter on @SamCraggsCBC or email her to [email protected]
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