{"id":753,"date":"2006-05-06T00:21:50","date_gmt":"2006-05-06T04:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=753"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:05:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:05:29","slug":"council-sidesteps-dog-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/05\/06\/council-sidesteps-dog-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Sidesteps Dog Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is the public space conflict that arouses the most intense passions in the largest number of people? Is it cyclists versus motorists on our streets? Ads versus activists on our sidewalks? No — it’s children versus dogs in our city parks.<\/p>\n

So it’s kind of understandable that the City’s economic development and parks committee decided to avoid dealing with this issue<\/a> in the run-up to an election. Both parents and dog-owners are large constituencies who will happily punish a politician who displeases them. The committee instead decided more public consultation was needed in response to a staff report recommending proposed rules for creating off-leash areas in parks.<\/p>\n

Still, it’s a decision that will have to be made eventually — the pressure for dog-running space is getting ever more intense as the city gets denser, and the best places for dog-running are the parks where children also play. But there really is a great potential for conflict — the only people more intense about their charges than dog-owners are the parents of young children. The staff report recommends neighbourhood solutions — and it’s true, solutions can only really work if everyone in the neighbourhood buys in — but that’s a process with a lot of potential for some nasty neighbour conflict. Perhaps the committee was right, and this issue really needs to be thought through as carefully as possible before a process is put in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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