Community Safety Committee – Wednesday, October 4, 6pm
Automated Speed Enforcement Systems, Short Term Rental Controls, Traffic Controls Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaPHb_XQ...
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Engage Barrie
- 13 hours ago
- 1 min
Circulation List for October 4, 2023
New Foundations Project update Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1084473&GUID=3C3ED13D-BF84-4043-919C-A8458...
Engage Barrie
- 7 days ago
- 1 min
CBC article re: Barrie's Anti-Homeless motion and bills being sent to UN
CBC News, September 24 Barrie wanted to ban donations to homeless people on its property. Advocates are sending the plan to the UN City...
Engage Barrie
- Sep 22
- 1 min
Affordability Committee – Wednesday, September 27, 5pm
Including a presentation on the Affordable Housing Strategy Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twwqTODiWNo Agenda: ...
Christine Nayler
- Sep 21
- 6 min
A Deputation Cut Off at Tuesday's Public Meeting on Council's Anti-Homeless Motion
EBO Contributing Member Christine Nayler spoke at Tuesday night's Public Meeting, but her deputation was cut short. The following is the...
Sarah Tilley
- Sep 20
- 2 min
The Unheard Deputation from Tuesday's Public Meeting on the Anti-Homeless Motion
EBO Contributing Member Sarah Tilley attended the September 19 Public Meeting on Council's anti-homeless motion, but her request to speak...
Engage Barrie
- Sep 20
- 1 min
Barrie's Proposed Public Space Bylaw sent to the UN Rapporteurs on Homelessness & Extreme Poverty
Today, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition sent the City of Barrie's proposed public space bylaw to the UN Rapporteurs on Homelessness &...
Engage Barrie
- Sep 14
- 2 min
Community Safety Committee – Tuesday, September 19, 6pm - Public Meeting: HOMELESSNESS
This is "The Biggie" – the Public Meeting to discuss the anti-homeless motion and bills brought forward this spring. Please consider...
Engage Barrie
- Sep 11
- 1 min
Members Meeting (re-scheduled) - Monday, September 18, 5:30pm
Hi everyone, and welcome back – we hope you enjoyed your summer! Our first members meeting of the season is coming up this Monday,...
Engage Barrie
- Aug 10
- 7 min
General Committee – Wednesday, August 16, 6pm
A packed Agenda for this break-from-the-summer-break! Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OJsGJQLgMg Agenda: ...
Engage Barrie
- Aug 10
- 3 min
Circulation List for August 16
a new provincial tool for expediting priority developments, a summary of the Strong Mayors Legislation, nominations open for the Barrie...
Engage Barrie
- Jul 17
- 3 min
Damon Baldwin-Fox's speech from the "Stop The War On The Poor" Rally
On May 31, the Barrie Housing and Homelessness Justice Network hosted a rally at City Hall to "Stop the War On the Poor", in response to...
Engage Barrie
- Jul 7
- 16 min
Fact-Checking City & Council Communications re: "Homelessness" Motion & Bills
We made note of some incorrect information stated in the June 21 Council meeting, at which the controversial Bills 67 & 68 (the...
Jennifer van Gennip
- Jul 3
- 1 min
Disrupting False Information and Logical Fallacies For Good
Contributing member Jennifer van Gennip has pulled together some great resources for both recognizing misinformation and dealing with it,...
Engage Barrie
- Jul 1
- 1 min
Radio Waterloo Interview with Engage Barrie
Engage Barrie discusses Barrie City Council's repressive agenda targeting homeless people Radio Waterloo's M.P. Holmes interviewed our...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 21
- 2 min
Controversial Bills 67 & 68 Referred to Staff – plus Clarification on Existing Bylaws
First of all, we are happy to announce that Bills 67 and 68 did NOT get passed by Council tonight – thank you to everyone who took the...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 21
- 2 min
The Shift – International Human Rights Organization – weighs in on the May 17 motion and Bylaws
For The Shift's full statement, please visit their website at https://make-the-shift.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Letter-of-Concern-Bar...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 20
- 1 min
CAEH Statement on proposed Bylaw Amendment (plus ACTION request)
For the CAEH's full statement, please visit their website at https://caeh.ca/city-of-barrie-bylaw-june-23/ – and please use their online...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 20
- 2 min
Open Letter to Council from the Federal Housing Advocate of the Canadian Human Rights Commission
For the CHRC's full statement, please visit their website at https://www.housingchrc.ca/en/open-letter-barrie-city-council – we are only...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 20
- 2 min
JHSSM Response to Bills 67 & 68
Our colleagues at the John Howard Society of Simcoe & Muskoka has released a statement of their opposition to the Bylaw amendments. ...
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