Can city control forbidden pesticides?
It’s useless if the city bans dangerous pesticides but never acts when people go on using them.
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Ephraim 12:36 on 2022-08-02 Permalink
We do not have a law that forces a city to enforce regulations. Heck, we do not have a law that forces a government to enforce regulations…. if we did, do you think we would have all these illegal AirBnBs not paying their share of taxes while Revenue Quebec does almost nothing about it?
The correlation between crime isn’t punishment, it’s enforcement/apprehension. Most murders are solved because of their link to the victim… anonymous/serial murders are rarely caught.
Though, the price of the ticket can have a certain effect. The fine for parking in a handicapped parking space in Montreal is just $317. The police handed out just 59 tickets last year… basically that’s just over 1 per week. I see people parked in handicapped space all the time. Now 1% of blue book value of the car may get some more attention… That’s $2150 to $10000 for a Ferrari in a handicapped spot.
Chris 09:07 on 2022-08-03 Permalink
Classic! You found a way to make this about AirBnB, Revenue Quebec, and handicap parking! 🙂
Kate 11:22 on 2022-08-03 Permalink
Chris, you of all people are accusing another participant of having idées fixes?
Chris 23:48 on 2022-08-03 Permalink
According to wiki, “an idée fixe is a preoccupation of mind believed to be firmly resistant to any attempt to modify it, a fixation.” So, if that’s what you mean: no, I am not making any such “accusation”, especially not about the ‘resistance to change’ part. I see it more as his pet peeve. Sure, I have my own pet peeves too, like us all.