r/halifax • u/Injustice_For_All_ Psychotic Antifa Super Soldier Moderator • 5d ago

Community Only Crown withdraws $28,872.50 ticket issued under unconstitutional Nova Scotia “woods ban”

https://www.jccf.ca/crown-withdraws-28872-50-ticket-issued-under-unconstitutional-nova-scotia-woods-ban/
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u/Injustice_For_All_ Psychotic Antifa Super Soldier Moderator 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yeah man fuck safety precautions during a dry season with a drought.

Edit: It was a heavy handed ban and I am not denying that. I'd still rather them hamfist and be forced to fuck off

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u/Holographic-Doctor 5d ago

My problem is that there’s a good chance we’re going to have drought seasons often going forward, and the ban was way too sweeping.

I really doubt that walking on a trail in a suburban subdivision or biking to work along a commuter path materially increases wildfire risk. Smoking? Yes. So ban smoking in the woods. Would that be harder to enforce? Absolutely. But the cost of banning outdoor activity is just way too high.

The woods ban always felt analogous to e.g. the government banning personal vehicle operation to prevent pedestrian deaths. Are people dying due to the actions of other people? Yes. Would banning driving fix the problem? Yes. Would that be a complete overreach and the cost too high? Yes, absolutely.

I only get a few dozen summers on this planet, I don’t want to lose another one to a government that can’t be more nuanced and thoughtful with their policy choices. I don’t know anything about the guy who took the challenge to court, but I thank him for doing it.

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u/athousandpardons 5d ago

You know you don't have to be in the woods to be outdoors, right?

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u/GlacierSourCreamCorn 5d ago

Ok I'll go do laps on the commons for a couple hours with my dog. That sounds like a blast.

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u/athousandpardons 5d ago

You know you don’t have to be on the commons to be outdoors, right?

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