While there are significant exempti
ons 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 fine maxima; and the total quantum of fines for all prosecutions under about a half a dozen acts that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency administers 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 matc
...[+++]hed 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.
