CALGARY — Bad behaviour like urinating and spitting in public and even putting your feet up on a public bench won’t be tolerated under a new proposal up for debate next week by Calgary city council. In an attempt to protect the public’s perception of Calgary as a safe city, civic officials have developed a series of fines ranging from $50 for carrying a knife to $300 for urinating in public. "As our population hit a million, we were getting more and more people who seem to feel they can do whatever they want," said Ald. Craig Burrows, one of the supporters of the initiative. "If we are all going to live together peacefully, we all have to have a social conduct that we all agree upon. And this bylaw will help in giving the basic responsibilities to being a citizen of Calgary," he said. A city committee will review the proposed fines Wednesday. If approved by council, legal staff could set to work fine-tuning the wording for a draft bylaw. Critics of the proposal continue to voice concerns about its intent. Dermot Baldwin, executive director of the city’s Drop-In Centre, believes the bylaw is aimed solely at the homeless and will only create more problems by levying a fine on someone who can’t pay it. "We’re going to make them criminals and then point fingers at them and say ‘that bunch of losers,’" he said The proposed bylaw targets fighting, urination or defecation, spitting, loitering and possession of a visible knife. People can also be fined for standing or putting their feet on a table, bench, planter or sculpture. Ald. Madeleine King says she hopes the bylaw helps efforts to improve the safety and vibrancy of the downtown. "What’s been found right across North America is the more you let bad behaviour go unchecked, the more it will take over," she said. ‘If we are all going to live together peacefully, we all have to have a social conduct that we all agree upon.’
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