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v dir=3D"auto" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------84FB1B3A93DD6CD4F9C28368 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Parker & All, Sometimes I wonder if there is some silly factor in Halifax water. Council stated that climate change is a serious threat and called for immediate action but a few months later they ordered a fleet of new large diesel Transit Buses with a running life of 40 years when clearly they should be small and electric. I have feared climate change for 60 years as the only real problem we face so sent a long letter to Council and Mayor, right after they announced their concern, describing actions which they might wish to consider; no acknowledgement, no response. So their position on climate change was hollow window dressing by cheerful liars to make their record look good. HRM apparently includes a true urban area where many would not recognize a backhoe if they saw one and a rural area where half of the residents own one. What a great idea. There was a great flap a year or two ago when someone applied for and got a building permit, bought land in rural HRM on which to build the house but then were stalled because the driveway to the house was too long. So far as I recall that "problem" was never resolved. This brings to mind a farmer whose house was a long ways from the public highway; no kidding. So his driveway was very long. A visitor once commented "Your driveway is awfully long" and he replied-- "If it was any shorter it wouldn't reach". Put people in a closed room with an internal combustion engine running and they will soon be all dead. Put as many people in the same room to smoke all day and they will all emerge alive. But when one person smokes on a sidewalk, while traffic sails past non-stop, the smoker is singled out as endangering others. Get real folks. So relax, Big Brother will take care of you. And given an opportunity; everybody. Enough rant for one time. Must get supper ready. Yt, DW, Kentville On 4/28/2020 12:38 PM, Parker Donham wrote: > Halifax Council has an inordinate fondness for micromanaging the lives > of its constituents. This often involves imposing a set of prissy, > middle class values, such as when Ottawa legalized consumption and > limited growing of marijuana (long overdue), and busybodies on council > immediately recriminalized it, together with a sweeping ban on smoking > anythinganywhere, and a harebrained scheme for smoking stations > enforced by a squad of newly-hired enforcement officers. I don't think > the enforcement officers ever got hired, but the ban was imposed. > > So now the city wants to ban bird feeders, with the band to be > discretionary, based on "nuisance" complaints. City staff have > dutifully ginned up a collection of rationalizations for the ban, but > once again, we're going to allow life in our city to be governed by > the most easily offended. > > The idea someone could be offended by a bird feeder is farcical, but > it's so typical of Halifax that we will now enshrine the prerogatives > of horrid neighbors to enforce their will on the properties of others. > > On Tue., Apr. 28, 2020, 9:26 a.m. Joanne Cook, <jocook.ns@gmail.com > <mailto:jocook.ns@gmail.com>> wrote: > > For those who can’t read the e-edition on their phone, here’s the > text of the article. I’ve clipped out the bit about licensing puppies. > > https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/hrm-bylaw-amendment-would-exempt-young-pups-from-licensing-442789/ > > > HRM bylaw amendment would exempt young pups from licensing > > Francis Campbell > <https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/author/francis-campbell-8011>(fcampbell@herald.ca) > <mailto:fcampbell@herald.ca> > *Published:*14 hours ago > *Updated:*14 hours ago > Puppies under six months of age will be exempt from licensing, and > feeding birds and wildlife to the extent that it becomes a > nuisance to another property owner will be prohibited in proposed > bylaw amendments going before Halifax regional council Tuesday. > ... > The standing bylaw prohibits the feeding of waterfowl on lands > abutting or adjacent to a lake or birds including waterfowl and > pigeons on the lands abutting or adjacent to certain bodies of water. > > It does not prohibit feeding of any other wildlife. The amendment > prohibits any person from feeding or allowing the feeding of birds > or any wildlife that creates a nuisance to an owner or occupant of > any property. > > Fines for violating the feeding portion of the bylaw will range > from $200 to $5,000. > > The staff report says the intent of the amendment is to address > situations that are causing a negative impact to neighbours and > neighbourhoods. The intent is not to impose an outright ban on the > feeding of birds but to intervene when it becomes a nuisance. > > Bird feeders will be allowed to feed birds on property with owner > permission, but the nuisance it may create by attracting wildlife > will be addressed through the bylaw enforcement process. > > Similarly, prohibiting the feeding of wildlife is recommended to > address issues that may cause a nuisance to an owner or occupant > of any property. > > The staff report concedes that feeding wildlife is common for > people to enjoy the surroundings of their neighbourhood and their > property by engaging and entertaining wildlife and purposefully > attracting them by providing food. > > However, this enjoyment can be detrimental to wildlife and can > lead to a nuisance issue. Feeding wildlife can result in many > negative impacts, such as attracting vermin that can cause > property damage like racoons and rats, attracting wildlife to the > point of excessive defecation that causes property damage, > attracting wildlife such as deer that impacts traffic and > negatively impacting the health and safety of the animals being > fed, the staff report concludes. > -30- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca > <mailto:nat