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Good evening,

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everybody.

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How's it going?

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My name is Martin Reed and I am your City Councilor for Ward 9

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in Mississauga.

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Thanks for joining us for another episode of our Community Conversations.

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It is July 8th and we're

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into campaign season and dealing with certain issues

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and always looking at it from a community perspective.

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I'm going to have a guest on with me today,

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and we are going to talk about all things community safety

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and well -being.

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And fun fact,

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I just realized right now in this moment,

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while you're joining us in the chat,

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that I'm wearing the exact same thing as last week.

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So that's going to make it difficult for us to determine which week was which one.

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So I go Peter what's going on?

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I'm gonna bring him on right away and Let's see if

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we cannot get this sometimes.

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It's kind of tricky,

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but we'll see it goes Hey Trisha,

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thanks for joining us.

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Hi there Kurt.

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We're gonna bring you in as well Irony

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Ronnie

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How's

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it

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going? Okay,

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so you request

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to join you so

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thank you so much appreciate it um all right so

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while we're sorting out uh you know getting peter on the chat here if

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you could put in the chat anything any topics that you want us to touch on for today

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i know um we were doing some different community engagements

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i'll tell you about a fun event that i did today and something that if

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you are willing to do this i'm so down to do this it was a super time i

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was on vanderbilt

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Today and Grace and some of the residents who live on Plumtree,

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Hickling and Vanderbilt all got together.

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We're in Paul and Grace's basement and I did

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basically a mini town hall.

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They had questions about the data center,

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they had questions about the cycling lanes,

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questions about the infrastructure.

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I addressed the newspaper article recently.

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And what was the other topic?

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And scooters.

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So these are the topics that we talked about with a small group of 12

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people, and it was very productive,

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and it was just a great opportunity to just get local residents up

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to date with what's going on.

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So if you live in the Ward 9 area,

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go to martinreed .ca.

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If someone could put that in the chat,

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that would be great.

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Go to martinreed .ca,

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and then...

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You, from the website there,

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from the campaign website,

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you can go on to Calendly and figure out how to sign

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up for that.

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And I'll show you how to do it.

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One second here.

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Sign

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on again.

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Mike

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Meredith, how are you,

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sir? Another

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thing I wanted to mention to you all is if you go on to the ward9

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.ca website.

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You can see what's happening within the ward.

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We have a few events that are coming up this weekend alone.

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We have Ribfest happening at Aaron Mills Town Center.

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Jackalope,

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which is happening at Square One.

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The Craft Show is happening in Streetsville.

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Hi,

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Tony.

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How are you?

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Long time.

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Craft show is happening in Streetsville.

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Ikra Khalid is doing her barbecue at the Aaron Meadows

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Community Center.

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That's about it.

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But go on Ward9 .ca.

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Lots of those events are there.

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Meadowville Town Center is doing their movie night in a few weeks.

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Hot Rods for a Cause has their fundraiser

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that is also happening in the future coming up.

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So lots of different events are coming up.

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Peter, I'm going to sign again here.

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It keeps saying failed.

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Can you possibly try signing on a different device?

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Because every time I press add,

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it just cycles through.

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Adding connection failed.

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That's what I'm getting.

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So it approved.

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Okay,

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thanks, man.

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All right,

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so while Peter comes in,

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we'll do that.

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All right,

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so yes,

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as I was saying, any questions you have,

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any topics you want to talk about,

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I'm more than happy to talk about in the meantime.

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Or I can just start talking about community safety

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and well -being.

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And actually,

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I'm going to talk about something else.

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Just as you know,

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I've been declaring war on signs.

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Legal signage,

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signage that people put up on traffic lights and lampposts everywhere,

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the signs that people put on the boulevard,

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all of these things are not permitted.

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They're a violation of our bylaws.

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They are a legal nuisance signage.

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I'm really grateful to the city staff for supporting my

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efforts in that way.

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A bunch of us have been on this as well,

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and it's been great to see how city staff have been doubling their

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efforts.

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They have added more staff.

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They're taking them down faster within 20 to 48 hours.

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You all have been amazing emailing my office.

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Continue, please,

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please, please,

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please take pictures,

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send it to my office so we can action those and get those taken down.

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On my way home today,

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I saw some guys that were putting some signage up.

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And at first I wasn't sure,

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and I looked back in my rearview mirror,

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and sure enough, they were putting on the boulevards these signs.

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So I circled around just to double check.

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And sure enough,

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there were signs all the way up Winston Churchill

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and then some up Derry as well.

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And these guys were in the process of putting them in the ground.

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At first,

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I wanted to just go over and talk to them in person.

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But then we thought,

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let's call 311,

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call it in.

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So we did that.

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And 311 said that they'll take them down by tomorrow.

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Now,

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I was frustrated because this is the very thing that we see.

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They pop up overnight and nothing gets done about it.

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And now I'm catching someone in the act.

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I was like, okay, red -handed,

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we got you.

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I call and they're like,

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thank you so much.

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We're going to do this tomorrow.

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And that also was frustrating because every time I call,

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and you know this as well,

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everybody, when we call it in,

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we're like, well, why can't you just call the business?

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Why can't you just find the person?

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And then they would say,

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well, we never catch them in the act.

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So we can't charge them.

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So I'm watching them do this.

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So I'm calling and they're like,

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thank you so much.

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You could do this tomorrow.

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We'll pick it up in the next 28 to 48 hours.

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So being frustrated with that,

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I called one of the commissioners and wanted

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to escalate this quickly to see what could be done and had the conversation around the

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fact that it has been.

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months of talking about this years ago talking about the stickers all these different things and I'm

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witnessing them being put up and it's going to be the

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same we'll deal with it tomorrow attitude so I

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have to admit that I was frustrated with that and you know I've had a bit of a challenging

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day in some ways so it's one of those things where it was really peaking for

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me so I thought let me just pause for a moment

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And I actually called the number on the signage,

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thanks to my wife who was in the car with me.

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And I had a conversation with the owner.

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And the owner is like every small business,

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just trying to do what he can,

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what strategies he can figure out to drum up some business and draw some attention

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to his business.

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And I can sympathize with that as a small business owner myself.

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So our conversation was such that I told him

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that that's on the boulevard,

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that they're going to be picked up.

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It's actually illegal.

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He said,

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well, I saw the other ones for the IPTV and the concrete guys

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and the real estate.

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So I thought it was illegal.

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I was allowed to do that. So I explained it to him and I said, well, you know, just so you know.

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It's probably better.

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He's like, should I pick them up?

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And I was like, yeah,

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I think you should.

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Because if you pick them up,

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then you get to keep your signs.

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And you can ask friends and family.

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You can put them on the lawn of someone who's giving you permission.

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And that's not illegal.

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However,

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putting them on the boulevard is.

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He understood that.

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And from there,

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it segues into a conversation about his business.

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And I went on,

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found his Instagram,

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and started to promote him.

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So for those of you that live in the area of Dairy and

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Tenth Line,

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Tandoori Boys is a new restaurant.

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They have multiple locations.

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And if you could take some time and check out Tandoori Boys

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on Dairy and Tenth Line,

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that would be greatly appreciated.

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It's so important that our small businesses grow,

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thrive,

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that they're not struggling,

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that they don't have to resort to...

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different strategies that can actually go on word of mouth,

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go on referrals like this one.

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Please go check them out.

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Tandoori Boys,

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Dairy and Tenth Line.

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And I can even give you the number.

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Actually, I can.

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It's on my phone that I'm using right now.

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Yes.

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So yeah,

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so please check out Tandoori Boys.

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You guys want to put that in the chat so people know.

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Darien 10th Line,

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Tandoori Boys.

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Beautiful building,

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beautiful stuff.

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I love their food already in general.

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So I'm going to check out this location and give them a try.

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So I'm going to give them some business.

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They are in Ward 10.

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So we could still be friends.

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It's all good.

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But we definitely want to support in that way.

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Thank you.

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I also forgot to mention that.

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So in the chat here,

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Longos Glen Aaron,

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30th anniversary is on Saturday,

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July 11th from 1030 till 2.

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Man,

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my Saturday is going to be busy.

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That's super fun.

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They do a great job.

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Thank you to Longos Glen Aaron.

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Longos at Argentia did theirs the week before.

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I think that the Longos management teams are doing a great job.

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That long goes as well.

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Shout out to them for the way that they support the breakfast

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club at Thomas Street during the year.

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They always have pickups and offer food,

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so they're doing a great work.

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Kurt's comment says,

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I also talked to a sign planter guy and they...

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Oh,

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sorry, one second here.

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Yes.

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Okay.

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I also talked to a sign planter,

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guys, and they are never the business that are planting.

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They're always hired by a small business.

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They do not care nor are overly associated with the business as a sign other than a

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contract job.

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So it's interesting you say that,

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Kurt, because in this situation,

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it actually was the owner that was putting the signs up.

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And that's why we had a good productive conversation.

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And that's why,

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in my mind,

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it's all hands on deck to make sure that this business thrives.

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This is not the cutthroat.

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business.

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Sometimes I've called some of these and some guy in North York that paid for signs all

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over the city and he could care less.

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In that situation,

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less compassion.

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When it's a local small business owner that's out there by himself and

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with a buddy grinding and putting the signs up,

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more power to him.

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Let's make sure that his business thrives.

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Okay.

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Peter saying,

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can you invite me again when you have a chance?

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Try a new device.

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Okay.

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So Peter,

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you're not there yet.

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So let's see if you can request.

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Thank you,

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Alex, Tandoori Boys.

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So

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Peter, you may have a way to request to join as well.

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Okay.

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All

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right. So we're waiting for Peter to join.

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We'll keep going here.

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So the main event,

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I guess, for this weekend for me would be the Red Fest.

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Red Fest is happening at Aramels Town Center Friday,

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Saturday,

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Sunday.

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Please come Friday afternoon.

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So as we do this Friday,

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we have the...

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We have the grand opening.

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We're going to talk about the fundraising efforts that are happening.

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Myself and other council colleagues will be on stage.

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That's the official launch.

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So if you have an opportunity to come,

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it'll probably be the least busy time of the weekend.

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It's always packed,

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always great food,

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good live entertainment.

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Rotary Club does an amazing job with that.

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So I really appreciate all the work.

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And we've worked really hard to have this in the Ward 9 area and

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make sure that it thrives so it doesn't go.

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It's been some good benefit for the community.

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Okay, there you go.

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So Peter,

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I don't know if you've pressed the request to join button.

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There's an option in the bottom left corner.

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My technical support team in the background has told me that.

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So hopefully that works.

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I see Trisha is there.

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She's already set up to be brought onto video.

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I'm really hoping this works because I don't know if you,

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for those of you who were here,

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show of hands who were here when I used to do these,

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maybe my second or third year,

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maybe two or three years ago,

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I used to do quite a few of these.

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And Pierre was one of the regulars on the show as

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he's an officer with Peel Police.

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And we speak to community safety and well -being and we're able to talk about some of the different

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issues that are happening in the community and giving some perspective on strategies

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to improve or to help out.

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So, yes.

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Comment from Kurt.

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I wish that they didn't do Ribfest on hot asphalt in open space.

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I realize the parking lot is convenient,

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but it can get overly pleasant to linger in the space.

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Park on the east side of Mississauga where it

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is sometimes a Burlington waterfront.

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There's more pleasant spaces

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that exist for eating ribs.

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Yes.

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You know, one of the things I suggested a few years ago is if we could get a sponsor

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for grass.

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for artificial turf and have that in the center so people can play like Celebration Square

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on a green space.

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So I'm working on that for the next couple of years.

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There's always different ways to improve it year over year.

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So we're working on that.

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But

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yes, I agree.

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The Asheville is not the best.

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Peter

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Grant is watching.

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If you

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could join.

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Should

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be a request to join there.

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Best,

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it works off here on your phone.

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Hi,

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Emma.

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Emma is with the Men of Home Neighbors page,

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right? I'm

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on my laptop looking at the crime reporting so I

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can pull up some information about Ward 9.

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So

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while we're waiting,

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one of the topics that came up tonight also was scooters,

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e -scooters.

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And I was updating the group as I was

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doing my mini town hall about what I was saying about enforcement

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and education.

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I was putting a lot of pressure on...

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On Lime and Bird are the

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two businesses that have their

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contracts with the city to take more ownership of

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the general...

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community safety when it comes to our scooters.

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Now,

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I understand that many of the people who are riding the scooters aren't even old

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enough to rent Lime and Bird scooters.

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Lime and Bird scooters are geotagged and they're

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speed limited and they encourage you to use your helmet and

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they do all the things to make it safe.

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However,

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The ones that we see right around the neighborhood,

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even as I was talking to people yesterday,

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today,

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they were saying that they know the kids who are doing it.

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They know which house they live at.

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They're riding double on a scooter and doing all these different things.

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That is different.

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And Lyme and Bird take the heat for every scooter in

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the city.

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And that's not their responsibility.

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But I think it is their responsibility from the perspective of

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advocacy.

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and from the perspective of education.

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And I've said this to them in quite strong terms,

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that you need to own advocacy and education from start

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to finish.

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For example,

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I was saying that they should be in the schools doing education for the kids who

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want to ride their scooters to school.

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And their response was like,

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well, they're not old enough to ride their scooters.

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And I was like,

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well, that's not the point.

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The point is that they can be the ones that are...

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They can be the ones that are actually doing the education on

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helmet safety,

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on all those different things for everybody.

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If they become the voice and the advocacy,

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then they are seen as the safe riders of

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choice.

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And that will in turn lead to more business for them.

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But they need to do some work in the advocacy piece.

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So that's my thought on that.

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And I think that...

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One second.

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She can't get his number at this point.

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So Peter,

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I don't know, are you on your phone right now?

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Or are you on like a laptop or a tablet?

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Because it seems like,

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I think that that function only works on your phone.

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Because

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I see him in the chat,

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so he's here.

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Request

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approve.

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And

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it says connection failed.

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Hi there,

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Daisy.

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Thanks for joining us.

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I'm Kurt.

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Yep.

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Is anyone else?

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Give me a thumbs up if you want to join me in the chat.

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Let's just do a quick little bit of troubleshooting,

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which is going to help us later in the year when we're doing more of these.

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So,

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Tricia,

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Kurt,

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who else is here?

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Emma,

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if any of you want to join me on screen,

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give me a thumbs up.

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We can bring you on.

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Emma, if you want to talk about our page,

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the medical page,

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and what's going on with that,

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we can do that.

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Sean

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Anderson, how are you,

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sir?

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Well, guys,

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while we're having a bit of a challenge trying to get our friends

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from Peel Police on,

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but I am going to talk really quickly about one of the press releases.

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that they did the other day.

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I was speaking a lot about retail theft investigations

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and some of the work that's been done in the past with Air Mills Town Center and others.

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And on July 3rd,

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investigators from Division 11th Break -In and Enter Auto

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and Retail Organized Crime Unit recovered a million dollars

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in stolen property in connection with a shopping mall break -ins in

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the Mississauga area.

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And so I didn't go to this press conference.

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It was last Friday,

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but it was in square one where they were talking about how they

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were doing.

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high -value jewelry and clothing store theft,

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and they're stealing on foot,

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jumping in cars,

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and taking off.

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So there's lots of video that was out there,

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