Not exact matches
The Federation of
Small Businesses (FSB) has criticised new legislation on employing foreign workers that will
impose unrealistic expectations and draconian
fines on employers.
Only a very
small proportion of
fines imposed have been collected, it believes.
Others have decimalized possession, but still
impose a civil
fine — much like a traffic ticket — for
small amounts of the drug.
Mr. Cloud, the accused, had not challenged the constitutionality of the surcharge, but Justice Healy was convinced of its arbitrariness and disproportionality, and decided to minimize its effects by
imposing a nominal
fine on Mr. Cloud, which resulted in the surcharge being calculated as a percentage of the
fine (and thus a very
small amount) rather than at 100 $ per summary conviction offence and 200 $ for an indictable offence.
Although we have not heard of a similar case in Canada, south of the border, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), having viewed an aerial video on YouTube from a
small UAV,
imposed a $ 10,000
fine to the unsuspecting individual.