Shutterstock Additional measures are coming to ensure that COVID-19 fines issued by police and enforcement officers are paid. The Ministry of Public Safety has confirmed with Daily Hive that “the government will be introducing new measures.” At this point in time, it’s unclear what steps will be taken. But more than 1,500 COVID-19 violation tickets have been issued in BC since late August and less than one-fifth of them have been paid. ICBC spokesperson Brent Shearer tells Daily Hive that between August 21, 2020, and April 10, 2021, a total of 1,280 provincial violation tickets have been issued. This amounts to a total of $898,145 in provincial COVID-19 fines but only $115,415 of that, 254 tickets, has been paid.