May 29, 2025 • Volume 39, No. 2
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City councillors debate several controversial bylaws
Béatrice-Desloges sprinter Tasei Tan clears a barrier on his way to winning the senior boys 110-metre hurdles at the NCSSAA track and field championships. See story page 12. STAFF PHOTO
By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star It’s been a busy couple of weeks at Ottawa city council, with members having to deal with several controversial bylaws. On May 14, city council directed staff to de velop a bylaw that would impose a pre-determined bubble around schools, places of worship, long- term care facilities and hospitals against demonstrations and protesters with certain limits. For instance, the bylaw would not include City Hall, Parliament Hill or embassies. The proposed bylaw is the brainchild of Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and follows on the heals of antitrans protests outside schools on Broadview Avenue in the west end, and an anti-Israel protest outside the Jewish Community Centre which is near a long-term care facility. Staff have been given nine months to draft the bylaw, including determining the size of the bubble. At first, a 100-metre bubble was to be considered, but after a number of presenters to
a joint meeting of the emergency preparedness and protective services and public works and infrastructure committee argued that 100 metres would be too large, the limit was reduced to 80 metres. Staff was also directed to exclude union picket lines during a labour dispute from the bylaw. In drafting the bylaw, staff must also seek feedback from residents either through public consultations or surveys to ensure the bylaw isn’t punitive towards any specific groups. “(The bylaw) needs to weigh the right for a person to protest with the right of another person to not be fearful or intimidated and to be concerned for their own safety,” says Orléans West-Innes councillor Laura Dudas. On My 23, members of the public works and infrastructure committee passed a motion that would extend paid parking in high-demand areas in Centretown, the Glebe and the Byward Market on weeknights and Saturdays.
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