Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Toronto’s chickens may not be coming home to roost after all

Toronto’s city councillors appeared to have chickened out on a proposal to allow backyard hens.

The city’s licensing and standards committee was to consider if residents should be allowed to keep a limited number of hens in their backyards.

But a motion to get a study going on the issue has been deferred indefinitely.

The study would have looked into the sale of eggs, noise, odour and separation distance.

Existing bylaws prohibit the keeping of chickens in Toronto and more than a dozen backyard coops were reported to bylaw officers last year.

Councillor Joe Mihevc, who raised the motion, says there are a number of residents who wish to keep hens in their backyards to produce eggs for personal use.

He said many cities including Vancouver, New York and Los Angeles have modified their regulations to include backyard hens.

Original Article
Source: Globe 
Author: Canadian Press 

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