A $400 fine for a backyard bird feeder? | Opinion |
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A $400 fine for a backyard bird feeder? | Opinion
Brigitte Pellerin: Instead of helping us understand best practices for humans to be good to animals, we’re just hit with unexplained regulations.
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A Gatineau woman has been warned that her backyard bird feeder could get her a $400 fine — and after picking myself off from the floor, I sat back down in my chair to write a letter congratulating city hall for turning everyone into rabid libertarians. Does life in a modern city really have to be this ridiculous?
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