As laws around drinking in parks relax in cities across Canada, public health concerns are still being raised (Natalie Stechyson / CBC News)
I don’t understand why it is a concern, many countries allow drinking in public, and yet I’ve never seen as many intoxicated people in public as when I moved to Canada. All councilors need doing is taking a look at the data in these countries, or even Montreal in here!
The vast majority of people who’d take advantage of this are responsible ones who just wanna share a beer and some chips with friends.
The ones who’d get wasted are already doing it, they don’t care about the law.
We recently went for a picnic in a park (obviously with alcohol), and we ended up sharing extra cake with strangers at the skate park, and my nurse friend helped an injured kid.
Not sure whether it was legal to drink at the park, but we definitely made a positive social impact just by being there instead of a private backyard.
