Banning smoky fires would be in keeping what has already taken place in the other cities in The Region. Time for Kitchener to ban these fires from backyards to protect public health.

Victoria Park

N2M 1K2 I often have to close my apartment windows due to smoky air from these campfires. I would like to see them gone.

N2N 2T5

Chicopee

Chicopee

Chandos Dr.

Chandos Dr.

I do not enjoy sitting in my back yard smelling someone elses firepit and smoke. Leave that for camping and wide open spaces., not in the city where we get enough pollutants.

kitchener should ban these fires like waterloo does

kitchener should ban these fires like waterloo does

Forest Heights The smoky air from these backyard campfires is a concern. We need these health hazards out of our backyards now not after the next election.

Forest Hill Do the right thing. We should not need a petition for council members to protect public health and live up to their environmental responsibilities.

N2M 3B7 Air quality in this city needs to be improved. Smoky campfire air is unacceptable and a health hazard to anyone who can smell the smoke.

N2H 2H2

N2N 1N8

N2N 1Z2 Waterloo and Cambridge have banned these backyard campfires and it's time for Kitchener council to do the same. Maybe the rest of us will stop dreading summer.

please send this to all of your friends and we'll beat the other group!

Victoria Park We should not need a petition for Kitchener council to start protecting the health of people in this city and cleaning up the filthy air by getting rid of backyard campfires. Waterloo and Cambridge have banned these health hazards.

I would support a permit system like Cambridge with the huge setbacks to get them out of highly-populated residential subidivisons.

N2E 3T4 Kitchener is not a campground. There is a good reason why all the other cities have already banned these backyard fires. It's time for this city to do the same.

I support banning backyard campfires in this city.

Stanley Park

These campfires don't belong in Kitchener backyards either. It's ridiculous when everyone has to close their windows and stay inside all summer due to the campfire smoke.

The majority of people in this city do not smoke cigarettes or need to sit around smoky campfires. Those people that do need to sit around smoky fires should go to a campground. Ban these fires.

N2N 3N1 The air is polluted with smoke where I work and where I live. I strongly favour banning these campfires from backyards.

Victoria Park These campfires should have never been allowed. Kitchener's previous ban should have been enforced 100% of the time.

Regulating the by-law never worked. Cambridge and Waterloo have banned these fires from backyards for a good reason. Kitchener needs to do the same.

The air is smoky and I have to close my apartment windows when neighbours drink around these fires.

Ban these fires please.

N2M 1G7

N2E 2Z2 Why should residents of Kitchener have to breathe in smoky polluted air from these ridiculous campfires when other cities have been smart enough to ban them already.

doon please send this to all of your friends :)

N2M 5E5 The air is really terrible and smoky and I need to close my windows. People are going to get sick from this.

Country Hills I should not have to close my windows to keep out smoke from campfires just because Kitchener council likes to sit around them.

Kitchener does have an environmental policy on the website. Would be nice if council would read the health and safety part. Ban these fires from backyards.

conestoga college

Air quality is not optional. Council members need to go camping.