| Name | Comments |
1951 | Cherene Simon | Air quality is a concern in this city. It smells like a smokehouse. |
1952 | A. Jen Smith | |
1953 | Craig Herner | Any kind of smoke adversely affects my throat and eyes. People do not realize how far smoke drifts from their property and how it affects others. I rely on having my windows open all year round in my apartment building. Ban all fires. |
1954 | Tammy Warren | Many of these campfires are not about wienies and marshmallows for the kids. Drinking, swearing, keeping neighbours awake at night should not be tolerated. |
1955 | Nelia Grasso | I should not have to close my windows when the weather is nice outside. |
1956 | Rowena Martin | Stanley Park I would like to seek these fires banned. |
1957 | WINSOME BYFIELD | |
1958 | Tessa Lawson | Waterloo and Cambridge got it right. |
1959 | R.Johnson | Forest Heights Next time if they take a photo of the region from space in the summer, we can find Kitchener by the smoke haze. |
1960 | Vern Harding | N2E 4L1 All smoke is crappy for everyone. |
1961 | Ani Johnson | Most cities in Ontario have already banned these backyard fires, and Kitchener should be the next one. |
1962 | Leida Martin | The house beside mine is for sale and I don't want another firepit near my house when someone buys it. |
1963 | Gloria Marks | |
1964 | Nola Ragnolis | Stanley Park Those people who like breathing in smoke should go camping. They are polluting the air. |
1965 | brice reynolds | |
1966 | Ray Sousa | Everyone knows how bad smoking cigarettes is. Wood smoke is worse. People who need to sit around smoky fires should go camping like they used to. |
1967 | Kevin Wenter | N2H 3Z6 |
1968 | Lauretta Harvey | Smoky campfires in city backyards are a terrible example to be setting for young people who will grow up to face more and more dire consequences of our collective pollution. Public health is at risk from the smoke. |
1969 | Merv Jacobs | |
1970 | Al Wilton | |
1971 | Roy Taylor | Kitchener is growing and campfires should not burning in small city backyards. The smoke is bad for everyone so we need them out of backyards now. |
1972 | Rob Herbert | It should not make any difference if someone lives in an apartment or a house. This smoke is crappy for everyone. Kitchener should ban these fires now. |
1973 | Marlene Herbert | Some people think there's nothing the matter with having smoky fires every night. This is a city and this type of smoke pollution a health hazard. |
1974 | cia morel | keep it going! |
1975 | Minda Tucker | N2M 5J9 |
1976 | Will Tucker | |
1977 | Alison Jacobs | N0B 2N0 The smoky air is horrible at times. Disgusting to have to breathe it in. |
1978 | Margo Preston | Thanks for sending the petition! Lots of people in my apartment will be signing this. |
1979 | Gwen Lawrence | N2N 3E5 Smoky air is not something this city should be proud of. We should be taking air quality very seriously. |
1980 | Art Lawrence | A very strict permit system might work but no wood fires in backyards should be allowed. |
1981 | joslin fields | please send this to 5 friends!!!!!!!! |
1982 | Chelsie Warren | The smoke seems to be more of a problem all the time. Burning wood in backyards is a air pollution that affects the health of residents in this city. No more wood fires in backyards. |
1983 | Grete Hartman | |
1984 | Jennen Becker | N2M 5H4 The smoky air is terrible for everyone. |
1985 | Maureen Henry | N2N 1T7 |
1986 | Tasi Benes | |
1987 | Lorene Reid | |
1988 | Harold Beach | N2E 2W6 I don't smoke cigarettes and I believe that breathing wood smoke from these fires is bad for my health as well. |
1989 | Nichole Burke | Forest Heights |
1990 | Joe Marzek | People who like to wreck their health sitting around smoky fires should go camping like people used to do. |
1991 | Marco Ronzo | No matter if you live in a house or apartment, campfire smoke in a city should not make people have to close windows. |
1992 | cody davids | choking on the smoke and not from cancer sticks |
1993 | crystal patterson | keep it going by telling your friends! |
1994 | Dolly Lee | N2G 1E9 |
1995 | Dolly Lee | N2G 1E9 |
1996 | Martie Kennedy | N2N 2Z8 |
1997 | devonne burke | the environment is really in bad shape and all this pollution isn't very smart. |
1998 | Karol Anderson | We are already in a part of the country prone to smog from the US and this city allows highly polluting backyard bonfires? These fires should be banned now. |
1999 | Nancy Hobard | N2H 4J3 |
2000 | Jan Holborn | N2A 4A1 Backyard fires were always a terrible idea. All smoke is a health hazard. |