Please Stop Stealing Election Signs
Multiple candidates in the Region are reporting their signs being stolen. If a sign is on private property, you have no moral or legal right to touch it. If anyone thinks stealing signs is just a prank or an acceptable form of counter campaigning, please be advised removing a sign from private property is a Federal offence, punishable by up to a $5,000 fine and/or 6 months in prison. Yeah, this would be a really dumb thing to end up going to prison for.
Candidates for municipal office are putting themselves out there for voters' evaluations, with no party to support them. Most candidates are self financing their campaigns, and signs are very expensive. Candidates cannot help but feel very emotionally hurt when their signs are stolen.
Lastly, in this day and age, I just assume that I am visible on somebody's property surveillance camera when I am out in public. Sooner or later, someone is going to get featured on the local CTV Kitchener News pulling up a sign on camera. Don't be that person. Thanks for reading!