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Mask Bylaw Exemption Cards Redux

By Chad, 20 August, 2020

Here are the other exemption cards, re-envisioned with a more badass tenor, for your smartphone. This is just a placeholder while we adjust the wording and explore print options, including making the lanyard option a reality.

Note: Despite the cycling roll-back to Stage 1/2/3, the Exemptions are boilerplate codification of identical wording:

*Current and verified as of February 01, 2021.

  1. The person responsible for a business or organization that is open shall ensure that any person in the indoor area of the premises of the business or organization, or in a vehicle that is operating as part of the business or organization, wears a mask or face covering in a manner that covers their mouth, nose and chin during any period when they are in the indoor area unless the person in the indoor area,
    1. is a child who is younger than two years of age;
    2. is attending a school or private school within the meaning of the Education Act that is operated in accordance with a return to school direction issued by the Ministry of Education and approved by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health;
    3. is attending a child care program at a place that is in compliance with the child care re-opening guidance issued by the Ministry of Education;
    4. is receiving residential services and supports in a residence listed in the definition of “residential services and supports” in subsection 4 (2) of the Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008;
    5. is in a correctional institution or in a custody and detention program for young persons in conflict with the law;
    6. is performing or rehearsing in a film or television production or in a concert, artistic event, theatrical performance or other performance;
    7. has a medical condition that inhibits their ability to wear a mask or face covering;
    8. is unable to put on or remove their mask or face covering without the assistance of another person;
    9. needs to temporarily remove their mask or face covering while in the indoor area,
      1. to receive services that require the removal of their mask or face covering,
      2. to engage in an athletic or fitness activity,
      3. to consume food or drink, or
      4. as may be necessary for the purposes of health and safety;
    10. is being accommodated in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005;
    11. is being reasonably accommodated in accordance with the Human Rights Code; or
    12. performs work for the business or organization, is in an area that is not accessible to members of the public and is able to maintain a physical distance of at least two metres from every other person while in the indoor area.
  3. Subsection (4) does not apply with respect to premises that are used as a dwelling if the person responsible for the business or organization ensures that persons in the premises who are not entitled to an exception set out in subsection (4) wear a mask or face covering in a manner that covers their mouth, nose and chin in any common areas of the premises in which persons are unable to maintain a physical distance of at least two metres from other persons.
  4. For greater certainty, it is not necessary for a person to present evidence to the person responsible for a business or place that they are entitled to any of the exceptions set out in subsection (4).
  5. A person shall wear appropriate personal protective equipment that provides protection of the person’s eyes, nose and mouth if, in the course of providing services, the person,
    1. is required to come within two metres of another person who is not wearing a mask or face covering in a manner that covers that person’s mouth, nose and chin during any period when that person is in an indoor area; and
    2. is not separated by plexiglass or some other impermeable barrier from a person described in clause (a).

You can download the current Mandatory Mask Bylaw (PDF) directly from Toronto.ca or just perv the historical embed mirror'd below.

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Comments

Anonymous (not verified), Fri, 01/22/2021 - 19:17
I have found that if I say I have a medical exemption, no one believes me. However, if I say I have a LEGAL exemption, I get more respect.
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Anonymous (not verified), Fri, 07/02/2021 - 09:33
How about the Fact that non of these bylaws apply to we the people. They are for government city employees. Know you're rites and law. Your don't need an exemption from something that doesn't apply to you in the first place. Unless they are claiming you have a contract with them or that you're their property nothing they say pertains to you.
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The mandatory Mask Bylaws and Regulations apply to the establishment. This offloads the legal liability of enforcement onto the Brown Shirt business owners and operators, by threatening them with a fine if you are found enjoying their facilities in a manner not endorsed by the Bylaws and Regulations.

Thereby, the business is extorted to institute a policy like the "no shoes, no service" policy. Of course, in order for the government (Municipal and Provincial) to properly protect themselves from being pwned by one of the dirty rotten basterds, they've had to write in exemption provisions that are sufficiently broad so as to exempt anyone who knows this is bullshit.

It's the Brownshirt Army. That's why it's useful being able to recite the applicable legislation and applicable jurisprudence such as the HRC article on balancing competing rights in the HRC context:
https://openontario.ca/competing-human-rights

The exemption card (or other such props) are technically unnecessary, but they satisfy the innate zero-sum need to receive some "token" of exemption. I can and do just tell the dumbasses that I'm exceptional and their laws don't apply to me, but I am occasionally required to back that up. Which I can do for myself, but the fairer sex is usually unwilling to throw and make a scene, so this can serve as a good prop to de-escalate and giving the enemy a well-defined "box" to categorize you as..

Thereby, we've setup some simple instances like IamEXEMPT.ca so you can just say:
"Dude, I'm exempt.. use your 'I'm not smart' phone and visit www.IamEXEMPT.ca so you can stop othering me and avoid getting sued or fired."

Some people don't thrive on conflict, and this sort of thing provides an easy diversion.
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