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Fireworks for personal use could be banned in Guelph
GuelphToday
41Please, please, please ban fireworks. They traumatize pets, and traumatize people who live with PTSD. There is a greater good to be had by banning fireworks outright.
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You can't trade constitutional rights to end homelessness
GuelphToday 26On Friday, as a direct result of Mayor Guthrie's autocratic directive to the police to "clean up downtown", a young person died of a suspected overdose, in a tent, in St. George's Square. Their blood is on the hands of the mayor, and the premier, for thinking that yet again they can arrest their way out of the current social and medical crises that are afflicting the people of our province and country.We've been trying the legal approach towards drugs for over 200 years globally, and regarding the War on Drugs, sorry to say, but the drugs won. Forced treatment won't work either, due to lack of beds, lack of staff to help people, and lack of supports when they're released, putting folks right back where they began. The cruelty of our mayor is unconscionable, as is that of the premier, I can't even put his name here I'm so angry. What they're doing isn't working, and isn't going to work, and they just don't care.
23- B Gi
Aggressive dogs and owner seen frequenting Riverside Park
GuelphToday 37I walk my dog daily in Hamilton park, and at least once a week there's someone walking their dog off-leash. My dog gets anxious around other dogs, so I keep him on a leash and warn others not to let their dog approach. They often say "don't worry, mine's harmless", to which I reply "but mine's not". I don't want my dog to be punished because other careless dog owners let their dogs run around in a public place off leash. Who knows if they'll always be friendly like that? I love dogs and I love animals and I love having such beautiful public parks in our city, but it's the few negligent morons who can ruin it for everyone else.
1- B Gi
Proposed new transit/fleet facility getting major downsizing
GuelphToday 20Cut, cut, cut. Capitalist Cam seems to hate public transit, and loves giving social assistance to property owners in the form of property tax cuts. What about those of us living paycheque to paycheque who rely on transit services? Sunday and holiday service is a joke, and discriminatory against people who don't have access to phones. And transit coverage is terrible for a city approaching a population of 150,000. Shame on the mayor and all of his cronies.
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Feds pitch in $2.6M for downtown shelter expansion
GuelphToday 13Where was Mayor Cam? Oh, right, he's more about running the unhoused out of town rather than actually helping people.
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Will cost city an additional $700K to take over billing from Alectra
GuelphToday 23Yep, well our mayor Capitalist Cam seems to love the premier and his love of privatizing public things like health care and Ontario Place, so par for the course really.
3- B Gi
City to write province regarding premier's 'Toronto-centric' bike lane plans
GuelphToday 11Not surprised to see Cam yet again deferring to his buddy Doug. Has Doug Ford ever even been on a bicycle? I can see in the comments below that the speed-demon Guelph drivers hate competition from bicycles, even though bikes are considered a vehicle under the Highway Traffic Act.
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Council finally gets around to really acting on homelessness
GuelphToday 21More recently, Cam's true colours as a mouthpiece for Premier Ford and anti-social programs are coming out in the open. I don't know if his ambitions are looking towards provincial politics at the provincial level, but in my mind he's more often pandering to the "tax payers" and ignoring those who are most in need in this city. His welfare program giving property tax payers a 5% discount is evidence of this. He's a bully, just like Ford. He thinks social programs are a waste of money, just like Ford. He's pandering to the rich at the expense of the poor, just like Ford. Cam's power needs to be put in check, just like Ford.
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City/county develop $600,000 winter accommodation plan for homeless
GuelphToday 19This is a temporary solution to an ongoing problem. If only there was a plan being developed in Guelph like the Guelph Tiny Homes Coalition, which is proposing a permanent or at least a stable housing solution, rather than just over the winter. This money would go far in helping establish up to 50 tiny homes for people who are unhoused. Also, the Norfolk isn't much of an option since the staff, employed by Stepping Stone, routinely kick out people and ban them from their services. This adds to the precariousness of the already dire housing situation of over 200 people in Guelph who are unhoused. I think mayor Cam is just mad that the Tiny Homes Coalition went ahead without allowing our glorious mayor to take the credit.
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Property taxes likely to rise 6.08 per cent next year, council confirms
GuelphToday 9Thank God the council has stopped providing social assistance to the ones who need it the least. Let's stop making the rest of us suffer because of "taxpayer" entitlement!
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Ford promises to hold JPs and judges 'accountable' for bail, ignites concern over judicial independence
GuelphToday 13One of the fundamental principles of our common law system is the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Ford is just the most recent in a long line of politicians and monarchs who believe they can bully the judiciary. The prison method hasn't worked either Doug, just look at the US. Oh, or are you looking to privatize our provincial jail system too like you're doing to health care? Maybe he being influenced by money rather than right-wing bluster.
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You can't trade constitutional rights to end homelessness
GuelphToday 9So, in a nutshell, since I've researched and written on the history of transnational drug policy, is that it has been a question of dealing with drugs legally on one side, or from a health care perspective on the other. Mayor Guthrie's decision to increase police presence, along with the CTS closing in the coming months, people who use drugs are scared. They are being victimized by law enforcement and politicians and arrested if they use in public. They aee even scared to go to the CTS now. Prohibiting substances makes them more valuable. Keeping them prohibited doesnt stop their use. It's been tried and has failed. Put yourself in their shoes and don't do any judging yourselves.
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The difference between doing nothing and accomplishing nothing
GuelphToday 12Cam had the ability to fund this, and many other things, including money to the county, but instead he decided to provide subsidies to property owners in the city. Yes, property owners are going to receive government handouts in the form of a decrease of almost 50% on their originally proposed 10% property tax for this fiscal year. That's where the money went, into Cam trying to buy votes by subsidizing homeowners.
5- B Gi
Better road maintenance 'essential' for e-scooters, city says
GuelphToday 10Gee, if only Capitalist Cam and his buddies would have not provided social assistance to home owners in the form of a 5% property tax rebate, they might have more capital to expend on road maintenance.
7- B Gi
City staff recommend approval of student residence plan for Scottsdale Dr.
GuelphToday 4And what are they going to do about the increased pedestrian and vehicle traffic on Janefield/Scottsdale? Janefield is already a drag-race strip and a danger to children, pets and the elderly. The city doesn't want to do anything about it. This, like so many city projects, is not clearly thought out.
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1,000 Cargill workers on strike after rejecting recommended offer
GuelphToday 9Solidarity!
7- B Gi
Downtown patio season returns, with half the interest
GuelphToday 2Well, Cam has to pay the property tax subsidy he's giving to homeowners somehow, so I guess this is part of it.
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New public space use bylaw: 'It's about having them be in the appropriate location'
GuelphToday 4And I guess the authoritarians in city government like City CAO Colleen Clack-Bush decide what constitutes "appropriate" locations? Did the city overlords bother to consult those living rough what they would deem an appropriate place to live?
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Local developers respond to city's 'rhetoric'
GuelphToday 13Exactly, it's called due dilligence.
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Preservation Park sees uptick in off-leash dog reports
GuelphToday 14I walk my dog in Hamilton Park all the time on his leash, and pretty much every day I see dogs off leash. The owners say "don't worry, he's friendly", but my dog isn't, and their dog is risking getting bitten if they rush up to my dog. It makes me mad that people are so self-centred that they don't understand not all dogs like to socialize.
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