Corinna Traill

BPW Bowmanville has launched a Petition to the Gov't of Canada to End Coerced and Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Women. It's open for signatures and we invite you to sign in support. Here's why: Coerced and forced sterilization of Indigenous women is in contravention of Canadian Human Rights legislation yet this 'hidden' practice is happening today. There is minimal awareness of this practice and there is no national health policy to stop it. In 2018, the United Nations C...omittee Against Torture recognized this act as a form of torture and called on Canada to take action. To sign our petition (posted on the Government of Canada's website) demanding the End to Coerced and Forced Sterilization of Indigenous women, go to: https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details... #bpwbowmanville #bpwontario #canadabpw #indigenouswomen #humanrights YWCA Durham wocdc LEAF (Women's Legal Education and Action Fund) Native Women's Association of Canada Ontario Midwives

The Tyrone Ice Rink is open for business use responsibly! In accordance with Municipality of Clarington COVID policy, all skaters are required to wear masks and adhere to Social distancing while waiting. #skate #ittakesavillage. Thank you for your cooperation.

As the Council liaison for the Tyrone Community Hall Board I am happy to share this initiative being launched for community support in Tyrone. If you are a resident in Tyrone or nearby, please consider joining this Zoom meeting. Topic: Neighbours Helping Neighbours... Time: Feb 10, 2021 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82047748880... Meeting ID: 820 4774 8880 Passcode: 532394 #ittakesavillage #tyrone #community

Be a considerate neighbour and pick up after your dog. Clarington's Responsible Pet Owners By-law requires pet owners to stoop and scoop so everyone can enjoy our shared outdoor spaces, including parks, trails and sidewalks. https://bit.ly/3jde7jR

Staff are on their way (or may have already come and gone) to address the gate issue at the Bowmanville Off Leash Dog Park! Thanks Glenn Duquesnay for reporting.

Please note that the new playground equipment at Soper Creek park is scheduled to be installed November 2, 2020.

Pleased to report that my Motion regarding a new off leash dog park in North Bowmanville was successful! Creating a new off leash dog park in North Bowmanville was a campaign promise from the 2018 election and I am thrilled that this will become a reality. When I was door-knocking in North Bowmanville, this was something the vast majority of dog-ownwers asked for. Staff will be reporting back on options for a location (including costing for lighting) of a new off leash dog park in North Bowmanville. Staff were also asked to report back on lighting the existing Bowmanville off leash dog park, and existing Courtice park at the request of members of the public. One option that was not explored formerly was solar so we may be able to light the parks cost-effectively!

If you want to watch today's meeting where I plan to bring forward a Motion for a new off leash dog park in North Bowmanville, please click the link and select "VIDEO". https://www.clarington.net//t/council-meeting-calendar.asp I will post an update when we get to the relevant portion of the agenda so residents can also just tune in at the appropriate time (although watching the entire meeting is also fun!)

Today is Persons Day in Canada! It marks the day in 1929 when the historic decision to include women in the legal definition of persons was handed down by Canada’s highest court of appeal. This gave some women the right to be appointed to the Senate of Canada and paved the way for women's increased participation in public and political life. Though this decision did not include all women, such as Indigenous women and women of Asian heritage and descent, it did mark critical... progress in the advancement of gender equality in Canada. The History of the Persons Case In Canada, the British North America Act (BNA Act) of 1867 set out the powers and responsibilities of the provinces and of the federal government. The Act used the word persons when referring to more than one person and he when referring to one person. Many argued the Act implicitly stated that only a man could be a person, which prevented women from participating fully in politics or affairs of state. Governments also used the persons argument to keep women out of important positions. If the word person applied only to men, then the stipulation that only qualified persons could be appointed to the Senate of Canada meant that only men could be appointed. In 1927, five women who have since become known as the Famous Five launched a legal challenge that would mark a turning point for equality rights in Canada. Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby and Henrietta Muir Edwards were journalists, politicians, reformers and activists from Alberta who asked the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the following question: does the word person in Section 24 of the BNA Act include female persons? After five weeks of debate, the Supreme Court decided that the word person did not include women. Although shocked by the Court’s decision, the Famous Five did not give up the fight and took their case to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Great Britain in London, which was then Canada’s highest court of appeal. On October 18, 1929, Lord Sankey, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, announced the decision: The exclusion of women from all public offices is a relic of days more barbarous than ours. And to those who would ask why the word ‘person’ should include females, the obvious answer is, why should it not? On Persons Day, we honour the bravery and determination of the Famous Five whose landmark case helped pave the way for women to participate equally in all aspects of life in Canada. We also honour all those whose work in the years since then has expanded and strengthened those rights. https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemorat//persons-personne-en.html

Official Council Portrait - 2018-2022 Term

One of my proudest achievements for the residents of all Clarington- not just Ward 3 - was the construction of the Dave Boyd Memorial Dog Park in 2012. I met Dave Boyd while canvassing in 2010. Dave decided to get a puppy (Maggie) during his cancer treatment and he found walking the dog by the Visual Arts Centre tiring and wanted a park where he could sit down and let Maggie run and play. After collecting over 2,200 signatures with a fellow dog park campaigner, Sharon Bar...clay, the park became a reality on May 4, 2012. David's son, Jason Boyd attended on his father's behalf when we re-named the park in honour of his father on May 9, 2014 who had, sadly, lost his battle with cancer. It was a bittersweet moment and I am glad that Dave's legacy will live on. In fact, based on the success of the Dave Boyd Memorial Dog Park, Clarington has opened two more off leash dog parks, one in Courtice and one in Newcastle. Given the development pressures facing Bowmanville, however, it is time to add a second Bowmanville park. With Kaitlin's Modo development (behind Loblaws), Kaitlin's three waterfront developments (Lakebreeze East & West and a proposed 50-storey condo), Kaitlin's Camp 30 development, the Brookhill subdivision in northwest Bowmanville as well as the future Soper Springs development in northeast Bowmanville - we need another dog park to serve residents. Having a North Bowmanville off leash park will reduce traffic as many are currently driving from the north side of town to the park, and given that more residents are using the park during the day (and not just on weekends) as a result of working from home due to COVID-19, it makes sense to build the new park. It appears likely that residents will be working fewer hours at the office, and spending more time in our local parks with their furry family members, for the foreseeable future. I have asked Staff to report back on the cost of adding a timer-button for lights as many residents also work shift, and I have been asked numerous times for lighting at the existing Bowmanville park. I hope I will have the support of my Council colleagues when I bring forward the Motion below.