We Need Parking Tickets

Whene the country went into lockdown in mid-March, many municipalities eased up on parking enforcement. This is a state of emergency, the thinking went, and citizens shouldn’t be punished because they can’t find legal parking while physically distancing. In Toronto, for instance, police stopped issuing tickets for violations of on-street permit parking, time-limit offences, driving with expired license plates and parking in school zones. Vancouver enacted the same measures and rolled them back in mid-April. In Prince Albert, Sask., the city stopped issuing tickets downtown.