It is understandable that the government will restrict certain activities in BC to try and slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, especially those with high risk of infection. But should not those restrictions be applied evenly and equally?
Last Friday, Dr. Bonnie Henry ordered that farmer's markets would no longer be permitted to sell non-food items. Why? Superstore, Save-On and Walmart can sell non-foods, and a customer will be in the vicinity of a great many more people in those stores and therefore a much higher risk of infection.
You can buy a bowl at The Bay, at Canadian Tire and numerous other stores but not the farmer's market? It's OK to sit for hours in a pub or bar but not safe to spend a few minutes buying a Christmas ornament from a farmer's market?
What is so deadly about farmer's markets that they should be singled out for this treatment?
Laws and rules should apply equally to all, otherwise it's discrimination.
Art Betke
Prince George
