By Patrick Duffy, Ottawa Citizen, August 20, 2015
Ottawa residents will soon face unavoidable signs that a federal campaign is in
full swing. Thousands of lawn signs will begin to appear across the city on
Thursday — the first day signs endorsing candidates and political parties are
legally allowed on private property. (...) The leader of a local environmental
group said he can live with signage on city property, even if he doesn’t like
the idea of old ones contributing to landfills. “We’re not in favour of wasting
paper and wood, but in the grand scheme of things it would seem that for the
sake of the democratic process, the environment can withstand a bunch of signs
every few years,” said Graham Saul, executive director of Ecology Ottawa,
a non-profit organization that promotes environmentally responsible
decision-making. “If the environment is the priority, then we should encourage
candidates to focus on environmental issues and promote the election of strong
representatives who care about environmental issues,” he said. via
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