{"id":158,"date":"2007-11-07T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicobandido.com\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2007-11-07T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-07T16:27:00","slug":"summary-of-ontario-committee-presenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chicobandido.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/summary-of-ontario-committee-presenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of Ontario committee presenters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caveat&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/caveat.blogware.com\/blog\/_archives\/2007\/11\/6\/3338433.html\" target=\"_blank\">earlier article<\/a> quoting from the Bill 132 clause-by-clause committee meeting encouraged me to go back and look at some of the data I collected during that time.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a summary of what types of people presented at the four days of hearings and whether they were for or against the Bill.<br \/><span class=\"fullpost\"><br \/>102 deputants (presenters) testified in front of the committee over a four day period.<\/p>\n<p>45 were individuals.<br \/>57 were organizations.<\/p>\n<p>22 individuals were for the Bill.<br \/>22 individuals were against the Bill.<br \/>1 was undecided.<\/p>\n<p>6 organizations were for the Bill.<br \/>50 organizations were against the Bill.<br \/>1 was undecided.<\/p>\n<p>Of the individuals for the Bill:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All 22 were ordinary citizens without any apparent affiliation with an organization or organized dog activity. These included average dog owners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of the individuals against the Bill:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>17 were ordinary citizens without any apparent affiliation with an organization or organized dog activity. These included average dog owners.<\/li>\n<li>1 was a breeder of dogs not targeted by the legislation.<\/li>\n<li>2 were researchers, but were representing themselves as individuals.<\/li>\n<li>1 was a dog trainer.<\/li>\n<li>1 was a veterinarian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The neutral individual was an average citizen not associated with any organization.<\/p>\n<p>Of the organizations for the Bill:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 was a politician representing a city that has breed-specific legislation.<\/li>\n<li>1 was an individual who had been the victim of an alleged pit bull incident and was presenting under the name of a city that has breed-specific legislation.<\/li>\n<li>1 was a bylaw enforcement officer representing a city that has breed-specific legislation.<\/li>\n<li>2 were police organizations.<\/li>\n<li>1 was a dog trainer who had also been the victim of an alleged pit bull incident.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of the organizations against the Bill:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 was a dog activity club.<\/li>\n<li>1 was an organization representing breed judges.<\/li>\n<li>5 were bylaw enforcment organizations.<\/li>\n<li>2 were multi-breed registries<\/li>\n<li>1 was a breed club for a non-targeted breed.<\/li>\n<li>4 were breed clubs for targeted breeds.<\/li>\n<li>10 were rescue organizations.<\/li>\n<li>9 were scientific and statistical research organizations.<\/li>\n<li>10 were dog training organizations.<\/li>\n<li>7 were veterinarians<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The neutral organization was a township.<\/p>\n<p>I will be expanding on this in the very near future.<\/p>\n<p>The full text of all committee hearings can be found here:<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.ontla.on.ca\/committee-proceedings\/transcripts\/files_html\/2005-01-24_M009.htm' target='_blank'>Committee Hearings &#8211; January 24 2006<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.ontla.on.ca\/committee-proceedings\/transcripts\/files_html\/2005-01-27_M010.htm' target='_blank'>Committee Hearings &#8211; January 27 2006<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.ontla.on.ca\/committee-proceedings\/transcripts\/files_html\/2005-02-02_M011.htm' target='_blank'>Committee Hearings &#8211; February 2 2006<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.ontla.on.ca\/committee-proceedings\/transcripts\/files_html\/2005-02-03_M012.htm' target='_blank'>Committee Hearings &#8211; February 3 2006<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.ontla.on.ca\/committee-proceedings\/transcripts\/files_html\/2005-02-10_M013.htm' target='_blank'>Committee Votes &#8211; February 10 2006<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caveat&#8217;s earlier article quoting from the Bill 132 clause-by-clause committee meeting encouraged me to go back and look at some of the data I collected during that time. 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