Thinking holistically about this, even $750k is not all that much to a countries budgets so it's not about turning a profit, its about putting off rule breakers and making those who do break the rules feel it now, and for the rest of their lives.$750k? Honestly I'll be happy with a $2k fine per person per group and maybe a one year ban from entering.
Seeing the fines issued so far, someone from outside the country could look at their savings, crunch some numbers and decide they can easily afford to break quarantine, especially if what they are in Canada for is worth much more to them then $1000. Heck, a businessman may see that as an affordable business expense to get a contract signed, all while introducing a new infection point to Canada. It costs him $1000 and makes his company millions, and costs Canadians their lives. But even a business man with $300k in savings will think twice about having no health coverage. Those costs can spiral waaaay beyond a few hundred thousand in the US just for a single bout of serious, yet treatable, illness.
Taking away an Americans health insurance coverage is cutting their lives short especially now the Affordable Care Act (which stopped people being penalized and denied coverage for previous ailments) is in the process of being repealed with nothing on the horizon to replace it with. People who think in the short term need to be given a look at the long term consequences of their actions.
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