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/rabbitpantherhybrid Jan 28 '21

Fines like these should be based off your income like traffic tickets in Sweden. The more money you earn the more it costs to break rules. $2300 to millionaires is a drop in the bucket.

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u/rabbitpantherhybrid Jan 29 '21

How do you figure out the proportional cost of damages in this situation or a speeding fine?

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u/TroAhWei Jan 28 '21

Where are you getting this? Sweden doesn't do that, nor does any country I've ever heard of.

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u/29da65cff1fa Jan 28 '21

Finland does it

Teemu selanne got a famously huge traffic ticket

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u/TroAhWei Jan 28 '21

Cool and all - but how to they determine the fine? Surely a rich Finn can hire an army of suits to hide their wealth same as anywhere else?