Petition

Stop Ottawa Bubble Zone By-law

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SIGNATURE GOAL

Ottawa Parliament Hill


TO: Mr. Mark Sutcliffe, Mayor of Ottawa, and all Ottawa City Councillors

Ottawa is the capital city of our nation and, as such, serves as a beacon of our democratic rights and institutions. Your privilege and responsibility, as Ottawa City Councillors, is to guard this heritage. However, with the recent proposal of a new “bubble zone by-law” (the “Vulnerable Social Infrastructure By-law”), that heritage is under threat.

This far-reaching, undemocratic by-law could restrict lawful protests, demonstrations, rallies, and even conversation and prayer in a 100-metre radius around thousands of locations across the city, encompassing entire city blocks in some cases. Citizens will not be free to express themselves in these public spaces. It will be up to the subjective whims of by-law officers whether a person is saying the “wrong” words, holding the “wrong” sign, or praying the “wrong” prayer within these speech-suppression zones, with outrageous fines of up to $100,000 levied.

If the only purpose of this by-law is to stop criminal activity, as some claim, then it is absolutely redundant. Since the Criminal Code of Canada already prohibits harassment, threats, incitement of violence, and hate crimes, police have the power to halt unlawful protests and to arrest dangerous protesters across the entire city of Ottawa – not just in certain “bubble zones”. All residents are equally protected everywhere under the current law. If police enforcement is a problem, that is the issue you must address.

Otherwise, there is no reason for a new by-law, except to restrict the free expression of opinions and viewpoints that some deem “politically incorrect” or “offensive”.

Ottawa City Council does not have the right to take away our rights in public spaces. Our tax dollars pay for those spaces – they belong to every Canadian, and we should be free to peaceably share our opinions and concerns in those spaces.

After all, according to our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: ... freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression ... freedom of peaceful assembly...”

According to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, it is a “‘fundamental human right’ for people to gather to celebrate or to air grievances, ‘in public and in private spaces, outdoors, indoors and online.’ ... Governments could not prohibit protests by making ‘generalised references to public order or public safety, or an unspecified risk of potential violence.’”

Therefore, I call on you to reject the “bubble zone by-law” (the “Vulnerable Social Infrastructure By-law”) and to affirm your commitment to guard the rights and freedoms of all Canadians all across the entire city of Ottawa. Anything less is an affront to the heritage of our nation’s capital.

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Anonymous Ottawa, ON , K1V 2B3
Jun 6, 2025 - 07:21am
Anonymous Botwood, NL , A0H1E0
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Jane H. Guelph, ON , N1L0H5
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Sharon V. Grimsby, ON , L3M 4E7
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Anonymous Burgessville , ON , N0J1C0
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Mary C. Ottawa , ON , K2e5r6
Jun 6, 2025 - 07:03am
Annette I. Holmesville, NB , E7J2J9
Jun 6, 2025 - 07:02am
Anonymous Trenton, ON , K8V5P7
Jun 6, 2025 - 06:53am
Anonymous Hamilton, ON , L9G 3L1
Jun 6, 2025 - 06:53am
Kindly consider this with the wisdom that God has given you
tom m. aurora, ON , L4G 2Y5
Jun 6, 2025 - 06:51am
Shame on the communist City of Ottawa Mayor/council for preventing good citizens from protesting the murder of unborn children, yet the city allows terrorists to interrupt pro-life/anti-murder demonstrations!
Rosemary F. Porters Lake , NS , B3E 1H4
Jun 6, 2025 - 06:49am
Lothringen E. Burlington , ON , L7R 2P6
Jun 6, 2025 - 06:39am
David K. Barrie, ON , L4M 2V2
Jun 6, 2025 - 06:37am
Wilbert H. Bridgewater, NS , B4V 1V9
Jun 6, 2025 - 06:35am
Canada is run by EVIL people so is an EVIL country now.
Anonymous Barrie, ON , L4N9G3
Jun 6, 2025 - 06:31am