LAWN RAGE II – Someone’s Cutting Our Grass!

Global Warming and Biodiversity Decline are existential threats facing Humankind and all life on earth. The survival of current and future generations of Homo Sapiens hinges on people changing traditional ways of thinking and living. However, resistance to change is endemic at every level in international, national, provincial, regional and local organizations.
LAWN RAGE II – Someone’s Cutting Our Grass! Is a chilling illustration of how outdated and illegal municipal by-laws discourage wildlife- and pollinator-friendly habitat creation to accommodate "Anonymous" Neighbours’ aesthetic sensibilities. If you agree with this premise, please SIGN & SHARE the Petition at: www.change.org/p/rescind-mississauga-tall-grass-weeds-by-law-125-2017 If you can, please DONATE to help defray legal costs at: www.gofundme.com/f/fight-tall-grass-and-weeds-bylaws Additional information with links to articles, websites and resources are available at: www.orchardheightscommunity.wolfruck.com/viewforum.php?f=2 BACKGROUND In 1996, the Ontario Court of Justice ruled municipal Tall Grass and Weeds By-Laws to be void, invalid, unenforceable and in contravention of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which guarantees Freedom of Expression [Ref. Bell v. Toronto (City)]. Yet, City of Mississauga Council "deems tall grass and weeds to be a public nuisance" and continues to enforce Nuisance Weeds and Tall Grass Control By-Law 125-2017 on homeowner private property based solely on "Anonymous Neighbour Complaints". As Canada's 29th "Bee City”, Mississauga’s stated commitment “to support pollinators and their habitats” and advising homeowners that, "By planting pollinator friendly plants in your garden you can help enhance habitat for insects that pollinate wildflowers and food crops", is self-contradictory virtue signaling when the City's Enforcement Division cites homeowners under By-Law 125-2017 for the wildlife-friendly tall grass and weeds growing on their property. With Canada's recent hosting of COP15 in Montreal focusing on “the urgent need for international partners to halt and reverse the alarming loss of biodiversity worldwide", the City of Mississauga's continued enforcement of By-Law 125-2017 is a failure of leadership in the current global CLIMATE and BIODIVERSITY CRISIS. At the grassroots level, it constitutes unwarranted harassment of homeowners trying to do their part as conscientious citizens. It's way past time for Mississauga City Council to rescind its outdated, self-contradictory, arbitrary and illegal Nuisance Weeds and Tall Grass Control By-Law 125-2017.

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