Enough is enough. Get these health hazards out of our neighbourhoods.

Stanley Park This sounds like an easy way to make our air cleaner.

N2R 1M6 The permit system like the one Cambridge has would get these fires out of our backyards but community events could still be enjoyed in wide open spaces.

Highland Rd. I don't like it when my neighbours fill the air with smoke from these fires.

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Fairview So many people quit smoking and now we have to breathe smoky air.

I didn't even know Waterloo had banned these fires. Why do Kitchener residents have to wait any longer to get rid of them?

N2M 1C3

N2M 1Y4 Some of us actually try not to trash our health. Smoky, polluted air isn't good for anyone. Why is this news to some people?

Why were campfires in backyards ever a good idea?

N2M 2H3

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N2H 5M8 Smoky air is not good for anyone. Most people do not smoke cigarettes anymore.

N2N 2B9 These fires are polluting our yards and houses. Why has no medical professional spoken up?

N2E3R5 Fires do not belong in backyards.

The air is very smoky sometimes. I don't let my kids out to play when the air is so bad.

I can't open my windows when my neighbour lights his firepit.

N2M 4Z1 Why should people in Kitchener have to suffer with smoky air when Waterloo and Cambridge have already dealt with these fires? Why would Kitchener not talk to Waterloo when Waterloo banned them?

I do not want my kids to breathe in the smoky air from these fires. Also, why do we want to listen to the people keeping everyone awake while they are drinking outside when it's already dark?

N2B 3N9

I am concerned by the smoke smells in my area. Kitchener and Waterloo are joined. I was surprised to hear that Waterloo banned these fires so quickly and quietly.

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Most people do not smoke cigarettes. We don't need smoke in our homes.

N2M 1V1 Why were these fires not banned when Waterloo decided that they don't belong in backyards. The air is very bad some nights.

n2x2h4 smoky fires in backyards don't make sense

Why was it ever a good idea to fill the air in our neighbourhoods with toxic smoke? Why are we teaching children to waste natural resources and to drink in public as seems to be the case?

N2P 2C3

Kitchener's air stinks too much of the time.

N2C2H4 I favour the ban. This smoky air can't be good for anyone.

n2e3s2

People in Kitchener deserve clean air. It's ridiculous to allow fires in city backyards.

n2n 3k1 Please tell everyone to sign this petition. Smoky air is unhealthy.

Camp fires and firepits are more suitable for designated, open areas at regional, provincial and federal parks where careful monitoring takes place. In residental areas, the health and safety risks are much higher.

Subjecting neighbours to smoke shouldn't be allowed. It's a health concern and backyard fires are a fire hazard as well.

N2R 1C7 The city is no place to have campfires. Health and clean air should trump anything else.

Victoria Hills These fires make smoke and should not be allowed in city backyards.

N2C 2S1

N2B 2N3 Most people aren't stupid enough to smoke cigarettes anymore so why does it make sense to have smoking fires in backyards in Kitchener?