A Museum Charity Has Nearly $3,000 in City Fines for 'Nuisance Activity'

Oshawa has fined the charity that runs a local museum nearly $3,000 for allowing “nuisance activity” on its property, CBC reports. The museum's position is that the money is aimed at the wrong problem: it says it needs help, not penalties, to keep the building safe from vandalism, trespassing and damage. Fines are the standard municipal instrument for a property owner who cannot control what happens on the land. Applied to a charity-run museum, they also move the cost of a problem onto the organization asking for help solving it.