I was the same over the masks on public transport, I saw a number of police on the ticket barriers checking people going through, I thought, this is it, Im going to jail, I was at my wits end with the shit.
I would have smacked the first one that asked me
Amazingly they didnt even ask me.
I basically had to go through months of e-mailing and phoning the police [non-emergency line] to get it in writing that no police force would be used against me over the issue of masking.
Canada's laws are very similar to those in England, which essentially say: [1] exemptions are permitted, and [2] exemptions are private, and citizens are under no obligation to disclose them.
Does that mean anyone in Canada and England can claim exemptions without showing any evidence?
YES.
Under laws CURRENTLY on the books - yes. This is because health status is protected under medical privacy laws in both countries.
Period. End of.
I made it abundantly clear I had a legally binding exemption [autism - NOT that I had to disclose that], and that I wouldn't be wearing a mask until the laws change.
Luckily, the police backed down, and over half a year later gave me a written letter that my mask exemption would be respected. A few times, I had to show this letter, and once - a pizza restaurant employee STILL refused to respect it for several minutes, until I stood my ground and got served my take-out cash order.
It literally boggles my mind how much people are on board with this scam.
I heard in England, so many lawsuits piled up, that the government eventually backed down.
In Canada, mandates started getting dropped in rapid fire succession thanks to the trucker protests.
Hopefully this bollocks is over for good soon.
If the laws change - then fuck it. I'm not fighting this anymore. It's been exhausting doing so with the law on my side. It will be nigh on impossible if the laws change.
It's disturbing to me how close we all are to potentially living under authoritarianism.