Days after the Ontario government reversed course over allowing police officers to stop people to request their home addresses, B.C. said Monday it will restrict non-essential travel of British Columbians outside their own provincial health regions.
“Non-essential travel should be confined to local travel only,” B.C. Premier John Horgan said at a press conference.
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Kyla Lee, a Vancouver-based defence lawyer specializing in driving and traffic stops, called the announcements “highly concerning.”
“I was incredibly disappointed to see B.C. bring these measures in, and (Horgan’s) remarks left many questions unaddressed,” she told the Star.
“How do you prove you live in a particular health authority? For me, my car insurance is associated with an address in downtown Vancouver and my driver’s licence is associated with another … and lots of people are in similar situations.”
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