South Bruce Peninsula council has decided against making any changes to a controversial public nuisance bylaw.

Council had a discussion about its existing bylaw Tuesday, with Mayor Jay Kirkland asking to revisit it to see if council still felt the current bylaw was appropriate.

The bylaw states, “No person shall picket in or on any public place without authorization” and attaches a $400 fine to contravention of that bylaw. Picketing is defined in the Town’s bylaw as, “any activity associated with protesting/objecting and may include display of signs, placards, signs, shirts, hats etc which portrays a message, symbols or marks, silence, shouting, chanting, singing, marching, standing and sitting.”

The bylaw has been a recent topic of discussion after the Canadian Constitution Foundation

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