On Wednesday, Torontonians were allowed to drink alcohol in 27 city parks. Ottawa should consider doing the same.
No, it wasn’t an errant foul ball or other game-related calamity that caused the close call, nor a falling tree branch or anything connected to the extreme weather incidents that have visited the area of late.On the evening in question, I knowingly contravened City of Ottawa By-law 2004-276, in particular Section 7, part , which states that “No person shall, in a park or facility and without a permit issued by the General Manager: have in their possession any alcoholic beverage.
Yes, I know that Ottawa is the city that fun famously forgot, and that it’s located in the country’s most historically puritanical province, but does it have to be this way? There was a time, recall, when about the only fun Ottawans were permitted on a Sunday was a church sermon, so I know change is possible.
Detractors, meanwhile, cite such potential problems as excessive noise, vandalism, intoxication and public urination. These are certainly valid concerns, but by-laws and laws regarding those still exist.Article content
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