Court Hikes Polluter’s Fine

The Ontario Court of Appeal has raised by 400 percent a fine on a corporate polluter. Judges faulted lower courts for imposing a fine of as little as $600 on a winery blamed for runoff that contaminated a neighbouring landowner’s pond: “Minimum fines will often seem high; that is the point.”

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