Ontario's BAN on Dogs Hits a Milestone

Who would have ever thought five years ago, come August 29th of this year, Ontario would make dogs Public Enemy Number One? However, that is exactly what happened when the Liberal government put a ban in place putting all short haired medium dogs at risk of being taken out of good, loving and responsible homes and either killed, sent out of province (if they were lucky) or as bad, sent to research facilities.

Their crime? Looks and looks alone. The owners crime? Loving a pet with no regard to what their pet might LOOK like.

Records show that in 2007 alone one Ontarian every 3 days was charged with a provincial offence for owning an "illegal" dog and sadly these are owners who decided their family pets were worth fighting for and did not give in to the usual "give us your dog and you will not be charged" intimidation being spoken by so many animal control officers today.

These owners then would be made to do something that is against the Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms and that is to prove themselves innocent.

"Oh Ontario, I hardly know ye".

Please join dog owners on August 29th, 2010 at Coronation Park in the City of Toronto as we attempt to end this senseless and darconian legislation?

Has Ontario's pit bull ban proven to be a good law?

The Toronto Sun ran a poll on April 29th, 2010 and the results are below. This was after the Toronto Humane Society made public that since Bill 132 (aka Pit Bull Ban) there has been NO decrease in dog bites or attacks. Scroll down to BREAKING NEWS! THS Study Finds Breed Specific Legislation Has Not Reduced Dog Bites.
http://www.torontohumanesociety.com/

It is TIME that Dalton McGuinty ended legalized discrimination and profiling by recinding the darconian law put in place in 2005, in spite of 43 out of 44 experts being Totally AGAINST the Ban.

Archive Poll Toronto Sun: "Has Ontario's pit bull ban proven to be a good law?
Yes
31%
No 69%
Total Votes for this Question: 3848"
NOTE: I have the the screen shot of the vote being 69% although the Sun link now shows 62%.

Is there a Difference Between Delibrate Deceit and LYING? Dalton McGuinty; "We Got The Best Advise We Could"

On Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 9 am about 100 people stood out in the cold in front of Toronto's Queens Park building to support Cheri Di Novo's private members "Bill 222". Some came from as far away as Sarnia, London and Owen Sound.

In the press conference with Cheri was renowed lawyer Clayton Ruby and Cathy Provo from the Dog Legislation Council of Canada.

These warriors for democracy want to see an end to legalized discrimination and profiling within the Province of Ontario. They want to maintain "innocent until proven guilty" and the removal of"reverse onus" or "guilty and must prove innocence". They want the freedom for Ontarians to travel freely across Canada and an end to warrantless entry; all as stated in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and last but not least; an end to killing dogs based only on looks. They truly believe that ALL people in the province of Ontario should be treated fairly and equally under law.

Cheri Di Novo at the press conference;

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=216645254045&oid=168292380876

What Clayton Ruby said at the press conference;
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=217149794045&oid=168292380876

Later in the day, when the press questioned Dalton McGuinty on Bill 222; removing the breed specific aspects of Ontario's Dog Owners Liability Act, McGunity said "we got the best advise we could and put in place legislation which we think upholds public safety".

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/11/19/11804711-sun.html#/news/torontoandgta/2009/11/18/pf-11797561.html

Did Dalton NOT attend or read the debates or did he delibrately deceive the facts? He worded his response carefully and with reason. His statement was a hairline away from a bold faced lie.

There were 43 "experts" against the ban and the one "expert" for the ban was "English Nannies Dogs Inc." a dog walking operation from Michael Bryants riding.

When Dalton made that statement "we got the best advise we could", not a single reporter in the swarn asked the question, "did you LISTEN to the experts because the REAL answer was a resounding NO. The "experts" were totally ignored.

Ah, the Canadian media.

While the list of real "experts", which were AGAINST the ban is very LONG, I will mention a few here.

American Veterinary Medical Association

Animal Alliance of Canada

Canadian Association of Professional Dog Trainers

National Companion Animal Coalition

Ontario Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals

Ontario Veterinary Association

Toronto Humane Society and.... the list of REAL experts goes on and on and on.

One can read the full list of experts in the link below.

http://www.dogwatch.net/bill132.pdf

I personally believe there is a very fine line between lying and deceit and if one would delibrately"misinform" the public on this issue, it really leaves the question as to how much deceit is being prepetulated on the people of Ontario regarding finances, business contracts, etc.

God help us in Ontario, each and everyone.

Quote by Michael Bryant, one of the main architect's of Ontario's BSL.

"You don't ask a Attorney General to be the dog expert....The bottom line is it's going to be up to the experts".

REALLY?

UPDATE: Bill 222 is NOW called Private Members Bill 60 and is also known as "Hershey's Bill.