Collingwood Council is currently debating some major changes to the town’s bylaws, many of which appear to mean fewer services and less support for our residents. This council has once again increased our property taxes and user fees (while giving themselves yet another pay raise as their reward for doing
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Scripturient: Collingwood’s “Broken Windows”
If I sometimes seem to complain in a picayune manner, harping on the same signs of scruffiness and neglect that we see more often around town these days, there’s a reason for it. Mostly it’s because I care about my community and it deeply bothers me when others — especially
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Waterloo Must Amend Discriminatory Rental Housing Licensing Bylaw: Ontario Human Rights Commission
The Ontario Human Rights Commission’s report on its inquiry into housing licensing in the City of Waterloo is out. It urges the city to remove discriminatory sections of its rental housing licensing bylaw to advance human rights for disadvantaged Human Rights Code-protected groups. The post Waterloo Must Amend Discriminatory Rental
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Mural Debate: It Is Not About Art- It is About Politics
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger Hey, that mural down by the Phoenix, in the parking lot is pretty cool. Have you seen it? It violates the bylaw, not because of the way it looks so much, but because they did not get a permit. The advocates behind the push
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