I submitted an FOI request to the VPD in early January, and the info I asked for came back today. So here are the statistics on the number of VIs -- or more formally, Notice & Order -- that the VPD has issued in 2019 (and 2018). The 2018 stats are gleaned from the
CTV news report that came out last year. I am simply including them here for comparison purposes:
2018 total: 758
2019 total: 1544
The 2019 numbers are actually a touch lower than I was expecting, but there is no question that the VPD has started cracking down hard on VIs since Sept 2018, and is continuing with it to this date.