While there are significant exemptions to the proposed higher fine caps, that's the increase from $250,000 to $5 million, in 2011
as an example, the average fine was approximately 5% of fine maxima for indictable offences; nearly two-thirds of fines were for 1% or less of the fine maxima; no fine exceeded 20% of the fi
ne maxima; and the total quantum of fines for all prosecutions under about a half a dozen acts tha
t the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ad ...[+++]ministers was slightly more than $400,000, which works out to a little over $100 per year per inspector. As such, we wonder whether the government's desire to raise fine maxima is matched by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's and the minister's willingness to impose higher fines and to do so more often.
Même s'il y a d'importantes exemptions relativement aux plafonds d'amendes rehaussés proposés — je parle de l'augmentation de 250 000 $ à 5 millions de dollars —, en 2011, par exemple, l'amende moyenne était d'environ 5 p. 100 du plafond dans le cas des infractions punissables par mise en accusation.
