Big Drone Brother?

Kiss FM's recent news story by Ron Manz was entitled: "Coldstream Backs Anti Smoking Plan", 

Coldstream council is backing the Canadian Cancer Society's push to have tobacco and vapour products banned from all outdoor public spaces in BC.

Mayor Garlick was quoted in the feature:

"How do we actually start enforcing it always. You have to have eyes and ears all the time watching and then there has to be some consequence to it so those are challenges always."

 

"What we came to the conclusion was it would have to be with an increase in bylaw enforcement.  That might not be a year around thing, just summertime and it didn't go any further than that this time.  It may come back though."

Ah...an increase in bylaw enforcement.
Really?

That's all we need...more $28.00 per hour quasi police issuing tickets.
All of whom need benefits and pensions and a desk and a computer.
All of which taxpayers need to fund.

Let's see the definition of what a public place is (taken from Edmonton's Bylaw 14614, Public Places Bylaw, consolidated March 25/2008)

“public place” means  any property,

 whether publicly or privately owned,

 to which members of the public

 have access as of right or by express

 or implied invitation,

 whether on payment of any fee or not; ..."

So is Coldstream going to enact an anti-smoking/anti-vaping bylaw?

It appears Coldstream is leaving it to individual councillors to make a motion to pursue.

"...eyes and ears all the time watching", Mayor Garlick

Kia has an idea that'd prevent hiring a whack of new bureaucrats:

"Why not do what GVW did during a drought years ago?, threatening to use aircraft (presumably rented on taxpayers' dimes) to see if people were topping up their pools,"  Kia said.

Big Brother.

Big Drone.

Big Drone Brother.