trevorhayden
Active Member
I will support long sentences for drug dealers when I see the Sacklers do real hard time. Until then, safer supply is the only path forward.
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policyenthusiast
Active Member
Weird take. Do you also think doctors who prescribe opiates should be sent to prison?
MacLac
Senior Member
Now that you mention it…..I’m perfectly ok that with do not resuscitate fentanyl addicts as they lay there….but nope…we keep bringing them back to life and an hour later they do it again and again…..why?
kcantor
Senior Member
Until you understand the why - and want to understand the why other than rhetorically - you shouldn’t be offering up “solutions “. That’s like sending someone who can’t add to write your algebra exam for you.
yeggator
Active Member
To be fair, there are doctors who were implicated in the opioid crisis that essentially took bribes from companies like Purdue to peddle oxycontin soooo….
Gronk!
Senior Member
Council unlikely to pass latest public spaces bylaw, podcasters say
The latest draft of Edmonton's much-discussed public spaces bylaw will be hard for city council to pass, the co-hosts of Episode 293 of Speaking Municipally said.
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The latest draft of Edmonton’s much-discussed public spaces bylaw will be hard for city council to pass, the co-hosts of Episode 293 of Speaking Municipally said.
City administration began to review the bylaw in 2022, based on public input about safety and inclusivity, with plans to consolidate bylaws that regulated the conduct of transit passengers, parkland users, and those in public places, all while absorbing provisions from several other bylaws. In February 2024, council sent the resulting draft bylaw back to administration with instructions to examine alternatives to ticketing those who break the rules. It also asked administration to analyze data, and research anti-racism and the criminalization of poverty. At that time, the hosts of Speaking Municipally questioned elements of the draft, including why it sought to ban cycling on grass. Meanwhile, Taproot’s managing editor, Tim Querengesser, told CBC’s Alberta at Noon about the connections between the draft bylaw and the province’s role in creating the Edmonton Public Safety and Community Response Task Force.
The latest draft bylaw, set to be discussed at a public hearing during the Community and Public Services Committee meeting on Feb. 10, is not likely to change city council’s mind, said co-host Troy Pavlek.
“There are improvements here,” Pavlek said. “But I think, broadly, administration fell really, really short, and council is going to have a hard time approving this.”
Both Pavlek and co-host Mack Male said administration has made more changes than council asked for. “Some of these (changes), I think, are probably not too controversial,” Male said. “Others may be a little more questionable.”
Male said he was puzzled by elements in the draft that are adapted from the traffic bylaw. Male also pointed out the bylaw would mean people aged 14 and under would be able to bike on the sidewalk, regardless of wheel size, but that it makes no mention of drivers parking in bike lanes. (In fact, the only rule in the draft that would regulate how drivers use motor vehicles is where they can park and drive in city parks.) Elsewhere, Male said reducing fines for open drug use, in most cases, from $250 to $25, was a strange response to “public pushback” on the prior draft. He said the dollar amount is moot because he predicts it will not be enforced.
“It is a bit about, like, we’re just writing down expected behaviours, and if that’s the case, then does it matter if the fine is $250 or $25? We don’t have people walking around ready to hand out $250 fines anyway.”
The hosts noted that councillors will either send the draft bylaw back to administration yet again or move for it to go to a full council vote and then onto another public hearing.
Many have already shared their thoughts on social media. Edmonton Downtown Business Association executive director, Puneeta McBryan, said she spoke in favour of the prior draft and encourages citizens to share their views about the new draft at the coming hearing. Coun. Ashley Salvador, meanwhile, provided context on the bylaw, particularly about its ability to regulate street preaching, for Reddit users during a lively Ask Me Anything session.
trevorhayden
Active Member
We are living in alternate times: https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/keith-gerein-ucp-edmonton-election-2025-finance
trevorhayden
Active Member
The first sprawling annexation after the end of EMRB. I hope someone asks the mayoral candidates at this fall's election if they are only pursuing costly annexation because EMRB shut down?
husky
Active Member
I'm not convinced that this is because EMRB shut down. Municipalities often try to have a certain amount of lands to account for future growth and with the growth we've seen lately it would not surprise me to see this start happening more. The article states it's meant to provide 50 years of developable land.
trevorhayden
Active Member
Yes but the article also stated Leduc tried to encourage more dense development but that no longer seems to be the case, which implies it's related to the loss of EMRB density regulations.
TAS
Senior Member
Agreed - no more grace for these infractions.
“The number of cars that did not move during a parking ban is ridiculous. It impedes our folks from doing their work, it creates safety hazards on the road, and that has been all that I have been hearing about,” Coun. Keren Tang said during the meeting.
And Coun. Andrew Knack
“Forgive my frustration. It’s frankly exhaustion of just a handful of people who are not helping the rest of their neighbours have the city that we need.”
edmontonjournal.com
“The number of cars that did not move during a parking ban is ridiculous. It impedes our folks from doing their work, it creates safety hazards on the road, and that has been all that I have been hearing about,” Coun. Keren Tang said during the meeting.
And Coun. Andrew Knack
“Forgive my frustration. It’s frankly exhaustion of just a handful of people who are not helping the rest of their neighbours have the city that we need.”
Should cars blocking neighbourhood snow plowing be towed? Edmonton revisits parking ban enforcement
Some streets in Inglewood didn't have snow cleared because plows couldn't fit in between cars parked on both sides of the one-way street.
edmontonjournal.com
David A
Senior Member
What our mostly useless councilors and city administration either don't understand or more likely fail to explain is the problem arises due to changes made to our snow clearing procedures.Agreed - no more grace for these infractions.
“The number of cars that did not move during a parking ban is ridiculous. It impedes our folks from doing their work, it creates safety hazards on the road, and that has been all that I have been hearing about,” Coun. Keren Tang said during the meeting.
And Coun. Andrew Knack
“Forgive my frustration. It’s frankly exhaustion of just a handful of people who are not helping the rest of their neighbours have the city that we need.”
Should cars blocking neighbourhood snow plowing be towed? Edmonton revisits parking ban enforcement
Some streets in Inglewood didn't have snow cleared because plows couldn't fit in between cars parked on both sides of the one-way street.
It used to be done by specific area, so people only had to move their vehicles for a day or two which is manageable for most people. Now the period is longer and they don't seem to put up signage as much either, so no one knows when it is actually happening other than a general announcement with vague timelines.
So surprise surpise, may it more inconvenient for people and compliance becomes more of a problem.
policyenthusiast
Active Member
Waiting to see if people blame the removal of parking minimums.Agreed - no more grace for these infractions.
“The number of cars that did not move during a parking ban is ridiculous. It impedes our folks from doing their work, it creates safety hazards on the road, and that has been all that I have been hearing about,” Coun. Keren Tang said during the meeting.
And Coun. Andrew Knack
“Forgive my frustration. It’s frankly exhaustion of just a handful of people who are not helping the rest of their neighbours have the city that we need.”
Should cars blocking neighbourhood snow plowing be towed? Edmonton revisits parking ban enforcement
Some streets in Inglewood didn't have snow cleared because plows couldn't fit in between cars parked on both sides of the one-way street.
Kosy123
Senior Member
They'll complain that they have nowhere to park, completely forgetting they have garages that have been turned to sheds lol
thommyjo
Senior Member
Imo, they need to move to a odds and evens street approach. Because in many areas, there is “nowhere” nearby to park and the eliminated parking minimums have led to lots of things like 8plexes with 10-12 cars and 4 single car garages (and maaaaybe a parking pad to hold 4 more).
So there just are permanent street parkers. And then parking 4+ blocks away for multiple days in -25 or worse can’t be the solution.
If you do odds and evens clearing, it means 1 block over is available for parking.
And then yes, ticket and tow way more aggressively in November/December and it’ll pay for itself and set precedent for the year. They should do the same with sidewalk clearing. Walk a neighborhood 4 days after a snowfall in November and ticket every home that hasn’t shovelled. Surely it pays for itself and better yet, ensures safe accessibility for all sidewalk users.
So there just are permanent street parkers. And then parking 4+ blocks away for multiple days in -25 or worse can’t be the solution.
If you do odds and evens clearing, it means 1 block over is available for parking.
And then yes, ticket and tow way more aggressively in November/December and it’ll pay for itself and set precedent for the year. They should do the same with sidewalk clearing. Walk a neighborhood 4 days after a snowfall in November and ticket every home that hasn’t shovelled. Surely it pays for itself and better yet, ensures safe accessibility for all sidewalk users.