lenaitch
Senior Member
Using traffic law enforcement as a comparison, police have always had the discretion to warn or charge, but 'back in the day', if you received a warning, it went in the officer's notebook and that was the end of it. Every encounter was a roll of the dice. Now in the days of distributed data (assuming TPS does this), the officer can enter the warning into the system so it is available to all. Many are still simply 'don't do it again'. My point was that a database of transit users might not sit well with many.
The concept of sliding fines WRT to income or net worth is interesting and used in some countries. I'm not sure how it work (or does work in those countries that use it) with set fines issued on the spot ('sir, iI need to see some identification and your last CRA Notice of Assessment'). It would be interesting how it would fit into the Equity principle of the Charter - equity being a matter of interpretation.
The concept of sliding fines WRT to income or net worth is interesting and used in some countries. I'm not sure how it work (or does work in those countries that use it) with set fines issued on the spot ('sir, iI need to see some identification and your last CRA Notice of Assessment'). It would be interesting how it would fit into the Equity principle of the Charter - equity being a matter of interpretation.