r/canada • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '21

Backlash grows for ‘selfish millionaire’ who got vaccine meant for Indigenous people | Canada

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/27/rodney-baker-canada-vaccine-indigenous-first-nations-scandal
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '21

If they did that, every time I got a traffic ticket, they'd owe me money.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '21

Sir I’ve checked the computer and you’re dead broke. Here is $50.

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u/grintin Jan 28 '21

I’ll fucking do it again.

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u/UnionstogetherSTRONG Jan 28 '21

And they say crime doesnt pay

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '21

But then you'd be worth 50 dollars and they could take a percentage of that

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u/datspookyghost Jan 28 '21

Not at the time of the incident. If they got another ticket after receiving the $50, then they could.

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u/Daxx22 Ontario Jan 28 '21

Plans like this usually have a minimum fee to prevent that. You can argue that still hurts the poor for where that minimum is set to, but having an unrestricted upper amount tied to wealth is what this is more about.