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HASTINGS HIGHLANDS December 3, 2020 Council Meeting has all the drama as if Jaws and Tiger King had a baby. I swear.
It's exciting to see people engage in municipal politics because municipal politics can be an exciting place when it's a good thing we're working toward - a world that is based in kindness and justice. I'm all in. Addressing racism and homophobia in our community and dealing with the possibility of a tiger attack. This council meeting has it all!
When I started this podcast, I was depressed. It seems a no-brainer: creating a bylaw to stop the ownership of exotic animals in our municipality. There are no provincial laws that regulate ownership of exotic animals. Right now only municipal bylaws regulate exotic animals. Exotic animal businesses like the one in the podcast are catalysts for community organizing across Ontario. I wish we didn't have to go through all this, but seriously it'd suck to be the last municipality to create a bylaw for this.
Maynooth is the fourth community that this business has settled in. More and more municipalities are writing bylaws making there fewer and fewer places for these businesses to set up
This podcast actually cheered me up in the end - People are involved. People sent letters, people sent in questions, people did deputations. It was democracy working on a community level.
So sit back, get ready for some real Tiger King of the North Realness! If not for the love of my friends and this great community, I'd be crying.
LINKS
Hastings Highlands "Communicating with Council and Committees of Council" Page
Hastings Highlands December 3, 2020 Municipal Council AGENDA - letters can be found under Item 21
