In small-town rural Ontario where as the sayings goes, "Everyone knows everyone" and "Everyone helps everyone," we have to ask,
"How did we get to the stage where a ten minute warning left tenants with child, pets and personal things on the street with no hope of re-entering the building until certain code requirements were met?"
That is what happened last Wednesday on Cayuga Street. Fire prevention officers, accompanied by the OPP, informed tenants that "The Threat to Life" situation left no alternative but to get out.
The Neat Little Bookshop has done business on Cayuga Street for over five years. The current conditions existed when we moved in. We discovered the shocking conditions shortly after our arrival. We immediately offered our help. When nothing happened, we contacted the authorities.
Given the dangerous conditions that exist, we fully support the recent action. However, we ask the question, "Could the situation not have been resolved before it came to this?" Could negotiations not have been conducted ~ assistance provided if required?
Perhaps we were lulled into a false, naive sense of security based on our familiar "neighbour-help-neighbour" environment.
"How did we get to the stage where a ten minute warning left tenants with child, pets and personal things on the street with no hope of re-entering the building until certain code requirements were met?"
That is what happened last Wednesday on Cayuga Street. Fire prevention officers, accompanied by the OPP, informed tenants that "The Threat to Life" situation left no alternative but to get out.
The Neat Little Bookshop has done business on Cayuga Street for over five years. The current conditions existed when we moved in. We discovered the shocking conditions shortly after our arrival. We immediately offered our help. When nothing happened, we contacted the authorities.
Given the dangerous conditions that exist, we fully support the recent action. However, we ask the question, "Could the situation not have been resolved before it came to this?" Could negotiations not have been conducted ~ assistance provided if required?
Perhaps we were lulled into a false, naive sense of security based on our familiar "neighbour-help-neighbour" environment.
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