Ontario Ban turns ONE August 29

August 29, 2006, is the one year anniversary of Ontario’s amended Dog Owners’ Liability Act. We hope you will join us at Queen’s Park (Toronto) on Sunday, August 27, 2006 at 7:00 PM. Please see the following note for details or visit Caveat’s blog at…

The Dalton and Michael Awards

A prestigious British business magazine owned by the Financial Times has named Premier Dalton McGuinty its world “personality of the year.”Praising him as “outgoing and upbeat in that very North American way,” the five-year-old publication hails his “infectious enthusiasm” and notes that “should Ontarians run…

From Good Citizen to Criminal at the Stroke of a Pen

One entry to the Toronto Sun’s 2006 “guest column” competition got an honourable mention and was printed in the August 11 paper. The newspaper’s title for it was “Dog Ban is the Pits”. Here’s the full text of the column: I am an intelligent, well-spoken,…

10 Tips for Successful Involvement in Canine Legislation

Courtesy of the American Kennel Club and adapted for Canadian content, here are ten tips for successful involvement in canine legislation.1. Pay attention to the local news. It is important to follow your local news carefully, watching for the kind of events that may trigger…

Dog Owner? Stand up and SAY SOMETHING!

Dogs are one of the most micro-managed properties that we own. The obvious others are cars and guns.In 2005, in Toronto alone, there were 79 homicides. Of those, 52 people were murdered by criminals using guns. In 2005, in Toronto alone, 59 people died as…

Toronto sticks it to responsible dog owners

When proposing the latest amendments to Toronto’s dog licence fees, the authors of the proposal state that “The proposed revisions to the fee structure will continue to positively reward responsible pet owners that sterilize their animals.” However, upon closer examination of this proposal, it appears…

Ontario could be worse than Denver

In response to Caveat’s article pointing to Denver’s breed specific ordinance, I decided to list all the cities within the province of Ontario that have their own, usually more restrictive, breed specific legislation.Legal note: This article is an attempt to inform the public regarding certain…

Breed Specific Legislation – Sorta, Kinda, Maybe

Just prior to the provincial election in Nova Scotia, Rick Conrad, writer of the Petpourri column in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, posed questions about pet ownership, sale, cruelty, and breed banning to each of the three major party leaders. Their answers, along with the comments…

Put your money where your (dog’s) mouth is!

The Banned Aid Coalition has been fighting the Ontario government for the past year and a half on behalf of ALL dog owners and they have been successful. Public awareness of the dangers of Bill 132 has increased dramatically, media organizations are starting to understand…

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