Waterloo Passes Bylaw Banning Communication That Makes People ‘Feel Harassed’ on Region Property

A woman walks into the Waterloo City Centre, part of the City Hall building, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/David Friend

At a packed meeting of the Region of Waterloo Council, councillors unanimously passed an amended bylaw that bans communications that make others “feel harassed.”

The Waterloo Region’s solicitor Graham Walsh explained the amended bylaw’s intention at the meeting on Sept. 27, saying it was “designed specifically to address and prohibit harassing behaviour by one person against another on the Region’s premises.”