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Jul 10, 2010, 11:05 PM
Chicken policy implications coming home to roost for Vision
9 Jul 2010
Post by Mike Klassen in Editorial
Chickens are in the news again, as they will likely be right up until Election Day 2011. First, the Vancouver Sun's Randy Shore has written Vancouver's chicken registry lays an egg which describes how only seven people have registered their new backyard chicken farms with the City since adopting the new costly policy. Instead, people are continuing to house the little fowl covertly.
Supporters of Vision Vancouver will likely shrug this one off, but eyes roll with just about everyone else in the city when it comes to this topic. Vancouver burned up staff time with all their planning and talk in what looks to be a political bust for Vancouver's fledgling Vision government. Chickens, gardens and bike lanes is about all most people today attach to the list of accomplishments for Gregor Robertson and his farm team.
Fortunately for Winnipeggers, their city council applied good sense when one of their own proposed a chickens by-law:
City council's property and development committee voted Tuesday to effectively ignore a request to study the idea of allowing Winnipeggers to keep egg-laying hens within city limits. Some North American cities allow the practice, but Winnipeg isn't ready to get cracking on backyard egg operations.
"I don't think I am ready to move through a set of regulations where people can have chickens in residential neighbourhoods," committee chairman Gord Steeves (St. Vital) said following the unanimous vote. The councillors were intrigued with the idea of people growing their own food, but did not bite.
"Why stop there?" Transcona Coun. Russ Wyatt asked facetiously. "Why not goats?"
Why not goats indeed, councillor. Why not goats?
http://www.citycaucus.com/2010/07/chicken-policy-implications-coming-home-to-roost-for-vision#comments
For the win:
"The biggest question is whether Vision's poor record of substantial accomplishments will spell their demise in the next election. Rags like Van Observer and Van Courier are staffed by pro-Vision editors that you'll never read any balanced criticism of Robertson.
But, the population is sensing the stupidity and utter failure of this mayor. Like this article says, what has Robertson really accomplished accept some feel good programmes that no one except his own inner circle cares about?
Vancouver needs a mayor who works for the immediate needs of the majority of taxpayers and city dwellers, not a minority of eco visionaries who want to impose their version of utopia on all of us.
The fact that Robertson is uncomfortable with dealing directly with the media only exacerbates his growing unpopularity. Clearly, he is only a pretty face and is not smart enough to be a demagogue.
Robertson's performance only shows the left wing hell that's in store for everyone if we elect and NDP provincial government. The calibre of their people demonstrates they are more of a political movement not a credible political party that can run a government."
"If one of these backyard chickens choked to death, what would you do with the carcass? You can't throw it in the trash: illegal. Probably the only way to dispose of it would be by cremation.
I would recommend cremation in the oven at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes per pound."
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Vancouver+chicken+registry+lays/3247712/story.html#ixzz0tK8wWQYQ
9 Jul 2010
Post by Mike Klassen in Editorial
Chickens are in the news again, as they will likely be right up until Election Day 2011. First, the Vancouver Sun's Randy Shore has written Vancouver's chicken registry lays an egg which describes how only seven people have registered their new backyard chicken farms with the City since adopting the new costly policy. Instead, people are continuing to house the little fowl covertly.
Supporters of Vision Vancouver will likely shrug this one off, but eyes roll with just about everyone else in the city when it comes to this topic. Vancouver burned up staff time with all their planning and talk in what looks to be a political bust for Vancouver's fledgling Vision government. Chickens, gardens and bike lanes is about all most people today attach to the list of accomplishments for Gregor Robertson and his farm team.
Fortunately for Winnipeggers, their city council applied good sense when one of their own proposed a chickens by-law:
City council's property and development committee voted Tuesday to effectively ignore a request to study the idea of allowing Winnipeggers to keep egg-laying hens within city limits. Some North American cities allow the practice, but Winnipeg isn't ready to get cracking on backyard egg operations.
"I don't think I am ready to move through a set of regulations where people can have chickens in residential neighbourhoods," committee chairman Gord Steeves (St. Vital) said following the unanimous vote. The councillors were intrigued with the idea of people growing their own food, but did not bite.
"Why stop there?" Transcona Coun. Russ Wyatt asked facetiously. "Why not goats?"
Why not goats indeed, councillor. Why not goats?
http://www.citycaucus.com/2010/07/chicken-policy-implications-coming-home-to-roost-for-vision#comments
For the win:
"The biggest question is whether Vision's poor record of substantial accomplishments will spell their demise in the next election. Rags like Van Observer and Van Courier are staffed by pro-Vision editors that you'll never read any balanced criticism of Robertson.
But, the population is sensing the stupidity and utter failure of this mayor. Like this article says, what has Robertson really accomplished accept some feel good programmes that no one except his own inner circle cares about?
Vancouver needs a mayor who works for the immediate needs of the majority of taxpayers and city dwellers, not a minority of eco visionaries who want to impose their version of utopia on all of us.
The fact that Robertson is uncomfortable with dealing directly with the media only exacerbates his growing unpopularity. Clearly, he is only a pretty face and is not smart enough to be a demagogue.
Robertson's performance only shows the left wing hell that's in store for everyone if we elect and NDP provincial government. The calibre of their people demonstrates they are more of a political movement not a credible political party that can run a government."
"If one of these backyard chickens choked to death, what would you do with the carcass? You can't throw it in the trash: illegal. Probably the only way to dispose of it would be by cremation.
I would recommend cremation in the oven at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes per pound."
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Vancouver+chicken+registry+lays/3247712/story.html#ixzz0tK8wWQYQ