u/AverageOk3404

I want to preface this by saying I am not a fan of any politics being hosted at any religious-related centres. IMO, politics and religion should never mix.

With that said, I understand that there have been a few of these hosted at different centres of faith, not just one. Which to me, I guess makes it a bit more acceptable. 

The thing I am having a hard time understanding is the set up of the one located at the Muslim Association of Milton earlier today. For one, as you can see from the pictures posted publicly from the event, there is a big yellow banner next to the side of the candidates that is essentially begging for donations. Why is this being promoted? Was this event and space truly being used as a neutral ground to host the debates? Or was this event hosted as just a way to promote the centre and a donation cash grab? I think it was highly inappropriate to place this banner right next to the candidates. Was the focus of the event to donate money or to truly be a neutral host of the debates? I can’t help but feel like it was the former.

Not to mention: if you look at the pictures of the crowd, you will see that even though this was held outside, the seating area is completely separated by gender. How is this ok? This is Canada. And this was supposed to be a Milton mayoral debate, not a religious event. Why and how are women and men being segregated by gender in terms of seating? How is this remotely ok if this was truly a “mayoral debate”? We do not segregate by gender in Canada at mayoral debates. Who even thought for a second this set up was a good idea? Was this set up for all Miltonians or just a certain group? 

I am very disappointed that this is what our town has turned into. And I was really hoping that Muslim Association of Milton would really step up to the plate and not make it so obvious that this is just religious motives mixing with politics. 

Is anyone else also disappointed? 

*****Can the mods explain why my original post was deleted? I posted it again, and it was deleted again. Then I was silenced for 4 days. What rule did the post break? Does this post make the mods uncomfortable? POSTING AGAIN BELOW - MIGHT BE DELETED AGAIN SOON(???)****

What is going on in Milton with this illegal household trash dumping? I have never seen it this bad. these pictures are from the Willmott Pond area. This summer has been exceptionally horrible, as this was never such a big issue before. I have contacted bylaw and found personal addresses in some of this illegal garbage which I’ve included in my reports. But it’s been almost a week and this overflow is still there and maggots everywhere. I feel like our town is not able to keep up with this huge increase in illegal dumping. is anyone else also having issues in their area?

********EDITED TO ADD HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR OTHER RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING THIS IN THEIR AREA AS WELL:********

Milton specifically lists bags of household waste and waste placed beside/around public waste containers as examples of illegal dumping. 

Milton specifically asks residents reporting illegal dumping to provide information such as a vehicle make/model/licence plate and descriptions of people when available. If you know the name and/or address they live at, even better, and you can include that in the complaint too.

The maximum fine upon conviction is $5,000 under section 61 of Ontario’s Provincial Offences Act.

Milton’s Community Standards By-law has an administrative-penalty system. For an ordinary contravention, the listed penalty is $200 per day, with a $50 minimum first penalty notice under the applicable schedule.

📞 If you want to report someone:

Milton specifically says its by-law officers investigate littering and dumping waste and other by-law infractions.

You can submit a complaint through the Town’s online reporting system, or call 905-878-7252 ext. 2137, Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Here’s the web link:  https://www.milton.ca/en/living-in-milton/report-a-problem.aspx