Diane Therrien
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Diane Therrien | |
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| Mayor of Peterborough, Ontario | |
| Assumed office November 26, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Daryl Bennett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mississauga, Ontario |
Diane Therrien is a Canadian municipal politician who is the mayor of Peterborough, Ontario, a position she won in the 2018 Ontario municipal elections.[1] Therrien is the third woman to be mayor of the city. Prior to her mayoral election, she was a city councillor for Ward 3 (Town Ward) from 2014 to 2018.[2]
On August 13, 2019, Peterborough City Council unanimously passed a by-law to eliminate camping in City Parks.[3] Therrien has stated publicly she will not allow the police to enforce the bylaws as written.[4]
1,751 members of the local community signed a petition[5] requesting the removal of Tent City.
Eventually the police were tasked with removing the enacampment and over the course of the events, the city ran up a policing bill of more then $86,000[6].
References
- ^ Thomas, Jesse (27 November 2018). "Peterborough's new mayor Diane Therrien, council sworn in". Global News. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ Rellinger, Paul (13 November 2018). "A confident Diane Therrien eager to begin her new role as Mayor of Peterborough". Kawartha Now. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ Anastasakis, Niki; Davis, Greg (13 August 2019). "Peterborough city council passes bylaws to curb tenting at municipal parks". Global News.
- ^ Kovach, Joelle (13 August 2019). "Despite new bylaw, Peterborough not evicting homeless campers, mayor says". The Peterborough Examiner.
- ^ Kovach, Joelle (7 August 2019). "Petition calls for City of Peterborough to take down tent city".
- ^ Kovach, Joelle. "22 October 2019". The Peterborough Examiner. Peterborough. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
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