You can now report vacant homes to city hall
26This new vacant home tax is joke! Why should I rent out my home, To anyone! Is the City going to help me if the renter doesn't pay, or is a squatter? if I'm not there for 183 days in a year, that's none of the City's business, I've paid my taxes!
22- 48Topo
OPINION: Apparently, the City of Guelph is right and you're wrong!
13Splurfy: You have no idea whether or not COVID restrictions saved lives. You can't be 5' 11" away from someone, but 6' away, you're considered safe?Hide behind plexiglass but pay and put your hands all over the debit machine. lol.Shut down outdoor parks, trails and all activity, yet promote fast food and alcohol. Your best defense against COVID wasn't listening to Trudeau name call and divide. It was about a strong immune system. Diet and exercise. The general public was played by the powers to be
35- Wildwill
OPINION: Apparently, the City of Guelph is right and you're wrong!
28Sorry. Nick, but there's no denying COVID programs and restrictions saved lives. That tsunami of junk science and anti-vax misinformation needed refutation and rejection. Why?Because there was no reliable empirical basis for verification. Stunned that anyone in 2026 still thinks otherwise.
13- Splurfy
OPINION: Apparently, the City of Guelph is right and you're wrong!
6Look I hate to be the one to point this out but the author of this opinion piece has been a vocal opponent of the current mayor and council for a long time. Just look at his history of opinion pieces…all this dude ever writes about is how bad the mayor and council are. Me, I’m starting to wonder why this guy is so obsessed with the mayor and why he only writes about him and the council. Like surely there are other things to write about. It’s beyond weird it’s outright bizarre and creepy
34- usr_719263
OPINION: Apparently, the City of Guelph is right and you're wrong!
19Especially during Covid...right or wrong, people that were asking questions against the protocol were being shut down, period. No if and or buts. Even people with a well educated background were being fired or censored from government. The government appointed officials simply didn't want to hear it because they were "right" unequivocally. No discourse allowed. Trust the government? Not in this day and age. Thank you.
17- nick tasillo
OPINION: Apparently, the City of Guelph is right and you're wrong!
29Hilarious, Wildwill. Guess you've forgotten the pandemic killed one million+ in the US alone.Just take care not to walk off the edge of the flat earth you're also certain about!
7- Splurfy
You can now report vacant homes to city hall
21To all my neighbours: mind your own business. More government meddling in people’s lives. Maybe the citizens group mentioned above should expend their energy cleaning up a park.
15- TQ
OPINION: Apparently, the City of Guelph is right and you're wrong!
31Thank you, Usr 719263 — obviously you had to cloak yourself in a temporary Wi‑Fi password for your own safety. When you’re exposing a columnist this bizarre and unhinged, anonymity is just basic self‑care. No apologies needed. You finally said what we’re all thinking: this sick, twisted columnist keeps writing about the mayor and council...just because… he’s the city hall reporter? Truly disturbing stuff. Almost as disturbing as that sports reporter with the creepy fixation on sports, or the weather reporter who can’t stop talking about rain. You’re doing brave work out there.
2- David Gibson
OPINION: Apparently, the City of Guelph is right and you're wrong!
29This is the most thoughtful column you have written Adam. Part of the problem, is that very few members of council actually question staff, sure, they ask questions, except they aren't questioning the concept or factuality presented by staff, rather, asking questions for the sake of asking questions and getting air time. Most members of council aren't doing their due diligence, they are pandering to staff. I'll remind readers of the portrayal of this year's tax increase, where the "city services" 2026 tax increase claimed by staff, repeated ad nauseum by councillors and the media, was misinformation/disinformation/outright fabrication, a disgusting manipulation of the truth, for what purpose? In my opinion, it was nothing other than to minimize the tax increase when we had a 4 year increase of 38%. This problem won't change unless councillors are prepared to do their job and hold staff accountable rather than just collecting a pay cheque and commiserating about their pet projects.
2- H Mat
OPINION: Apparently, the City of Guelph is right and you're wrong!
26Canada Day was not a Stat for all. Many factory workers had to get up and find a different way to get to work. Can’t shut down mid week. From what I understand it was difficult They got the Friday off instead. Good post Adam.
1- MakeGuelphGreatAgain
OPINION: Apparently, the City of Guelph is right and you're wrong!
25When I read that press release and saw the Facebook post from the mayor with commenting off, it really made my blood boil. Seems transit in particular is sensitive topic we can’t tolerate criticism of. I’m remembering the TRBOT report in 2023 where our system was graded D+, and the mayor had a similar reaction, complained and got them to bump us to a C? Why can’t we accept the idea that our transit system isn’t great? I don’t accept that it’s terrible but it’s also not great. Where is discussion of growing every day ridership? The routes meander downtown instead of using a grid with coordinated transfer points. The plan to improve that keeps getting defunded and delayed. Sure, electric buses, new garage, and discount programs are great, but I’d rather see a transit system so good that people choose to use it even though they might have a private vehicle. Where’s the press release about frequent service, overnight, better connections, industry routes, etc… now THAT would be great.
- Paul Nichols
Northwestern Ontario wildfires fuelling poor air quality in region
16Yeah the air quality is terrible and the planet is on fire but let’s all just keep arguing about parking, driving those gas guzzlers and telling anyone else on a bike or alternative form of transport that they are the nuisances. God bless the oil and automotive industries!
9- Jay Esse
You can now report vacant homes to city hall
14The Secret Police
8- J Seriously?
Council approves upgraded design for Wood development
6"Winding pathways"This development straddles a rail line that has long been the site of a planned rail trail. If you want bikes to be useful as commuting tools and off the streets, you don't put in winding pathways. Instead we keep making decisions that only serve to force you to buy more cars and buy more gas. While we're all broke and the planet is burning to the point the air is unbreatheable. What is wrong with these people?
15- Matt Saunders
Council approves upgraded design for Wood development
83 stories fits, 23 definitely doesn't.
11- Wanda Fabbian
Heritage Conservation District Plan welcomes weird in the Ward
12We don't need Heritage Designation in the Ward.We need another Hospital 🏥 in the Royal City
7- usr_714496
Trash cleaned up at former IMICO site
18Worthwhile but costly. Would be nice if the City could find a permitted use for the land after 30 years of vacancy.
- OldCityGal
You can now report vacant homes to city hall
5So, If I'm gone out of town for 3 months, I'd have to pay a 4% tax hike on my home, if it ain't rented out, for that period of time....What does the Home owner, do with all his belongings? put them in storage every time they go away for 3 months. Or does the renters also get to use my furniture/clothing/ vehicle in the garage etc. etc. Why doesn't the City fund housing for the ones in need, instead of throwing it in the lap of the home owners
12- 48Topo
You can now report vacant homes to city hall
14No . If you go out of town for 3 months you don't have to pay anything. It says 183 days. Did you think it said 83? The law isn't meant to target homeowners who live in their home. The law is to discourage people who buy houses as an investment and leave them empty to drive up the price of real estate and rentals by reducing the supply. Corporations or foreign investors in particular.
3- DR64
You can now report vacant homes to city hall
9Darn snitch police, unbelievable
7- Paul Bb
