Sadly the 0.1% of people who do bad things have been allowed to run amok with lenient laws , lenient bail conditions, lenient access to publicly funded attractions+parks+transit etc., while the 'public' is left feeling vulnerable and threatened. Meanwhile the public with ever increasing tax bills is paying for the aforementioned servicing while those paying nothing are calling these public spaces a free zone to do as they please.
 
junctionist said:
Vandalism happens everywhere sadly, but it can be controlled in different ways. Some cities have public spaces with cameras, security, and/or regular police patrols. All of these tools can discourage other crime as well like drug dealing, assaults, and theft.
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You probably can't react fast enough - even if there are cameras - to respond to and prevent the destruction of property in this case.

LUVIT! said:
Sadly the 0.1% of people who do bad things have been allowed to run amok with lenient laws , lenient bail conditions, lenient access to publicly funded attractions+parks+transit etc., while the 'public' is left feeling vulnerable and threatened. Meanwhile the public with ever increasing tax bills is paying for the aforementioned servicing while those paying nothing are calling these public spaces a free zone to do as they please.
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I tend to agree - and vandalism is quite expensive. We need to have a new expectation of proper behaviour in public space.

AoD
 
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current state of the canoe
 
LUVIT! said:
Why not just make it a fire pit
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Float it in a water-feature to reduce future risk........and anyone for piranha in the tank? (They would die off in winter, but I digress).........you could probably sell them to a local restaurant in fall, they are edible.

Or we could go for electric eels.......same issue, wouldn't survive the winter......... (technically also edible, but not really, very bony)
 
Northern Light said:
Float it in a water-feature to reduce future risk........and anyone for piranha in the tank? (They would die off in winter, but I digress).........you could probably sell them to a local restaurant in fall, they are edible.

Or we could go for electric eels.......same issue, wouldn't survive the winter......... (technically also edible, but not really, very bony)
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Hammurabi Code would be sufficient.

AoD
 
AlvinofDiaspar said:
Hammurabi Code would be sufficient.

AoD
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Northern Light said:
Ummm, the death penalty for harbouring fugitive slaves?

For those not following:

en.wikipedia.org

Code of Hammurabi - Wikipedia

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Scroll down to laws.
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The Hammurabi Code is completely useless for kinless assassins willing to commit suicide if caught in the act of killing a high-ranking official. Why? They have all to gain with nothing to lose.

This is also why tough-on-crime legislation paradoxically creates kinless assassins willing to die for their cause.

UtakataNoAnnex said:
Er...no, thanks.
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Agreed.
 
I bet anything that this will be a classic Toronto case where this remains as is for a decade or more.
 

MM31.22 - Authorization to Release Section 37 and Section 42 Funds to Amend the 2025 Capital Budget and 2026-2034 Plan for Parks and Recreation for Canoe Landing Off Leash Area Improvements in Ward 10 - by Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Councillor Chris Moise​

Motion without Notice
Consideration Type: ACTIONWard: 10 - Spadina - Fort York
Attention
* Notice of this Motion has not been given. A two-thirds vote is required to waive notice.
* This Motion is subject to referral to the Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote is required to waive referral.
* This Motion has been deemed urgent by the Chair.

A Communication has been submitted on this Item.

Recommendations​

Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Councillor Chris Moise, recommends that:

1. City Council amend Parks and Recreation’s 2025 Capital Budget and 2026-2034 Capital Plan to create a new capital sub-project known as Canoe Landing Park Off Leash Area Improvements within the Park Development project, with a total project cost of $1.690 million gross and $0 debt, and cash flow commitments of $0.100 million in 2025 and $1.590 million in 2026, with $0.100 million of the 2025 cash flow reallocated from the Off Leash Area SGR Program Account (CPR117-92), $795,000 funded from Section 37 (Planning Act Reserve Fund) community benefits collected from 400-420 King Street West (Source Account: XR3026-3701317), and $795,000 funded from Section 42 Above 5 percent Cash-in-lieu funds collected from the development at 8 and 30 Widmer Street (Source Account: XR2213 - 4201533 ) for the design and implementation of improvements to Canoe Landing Park.

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, to implement the Canoe Landing Park Off Leash Area Improvements project.

Summary​

This motion is to release section 37 funds for the design and implementation of proposed permanent dogs off-leash area improvements at Canoe Landing Park.

The existing Off Leash Area at Canoe Landing Park requires improvements to better meet the needs of the community. Public engagement will commence in the summer of 2025 and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2025. Construction work is anticipated in 2026.

This motion is urgent as public engagement is commencing this summer.
 
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