Yes, because a community that swears off modern technology is going to have a smartphone...
It's pathetic how they pick on a community that CAN be self-sufficient because they can't fully coerce them. They do it with everyone but it a lot more obvious with the Amish.
I don't get where these fines were imposed. Were these Amish crossing the border and then an agent said "you don't have the ArriveCan app", and the Amish said "no shit" and then they wrote a fine?
I bit the bullet and watched the first 7 mins of the 26 minute long grifting Ezra Levant video.
Chatsworth, Ontario is quite far from any border. It's at the base of the Bruce Peninsula near Owen Sound, ON. Closest border likely Sarnia / Port Huron
74 Mennonite families live in the commune
a local farmer tried to take out a bank loan to buy cattle
was informed there's a sizeable 2 year old lien on his property
they showed some legal notices from May 2022 where two community members were charged 18k for not using the border app for crossing at Welland, ON in Niagara
the community has no means of telephone or email at all, so the government didn't update them on outstanding fines or liens (no mention of snail mail)
they are a completely pacifist community including not contesting things in court
the community usually pools for payment for fines, so that's likely where "community owes 400k" comes from
Yes, because a community that swears off modern technology is going to have a smartphone...
It's pathetic how they pick on a community that CAN be self-sufficient because they can't fully coerce them. They do it with everyone but it a lot more obvious with the Amish.
I don't get where these fines were imposed. Were these Amish crossing the border and then an agent said "you don't have the ArriveCan app", and the Amish said "no shit" and then they wrote a fine?
I bit the bullet and watched the first 7 mins of the 26 minute long grifting Ezra Levant video.
Pacifism is just a much slower version of suicide.
Like a lot of ideologies, it only works when everyone is on board.
As soon as one person, from within or out, doesn't want to play then its completely invalid and retarded.