The old caricature of construction workers cat-calling when a pretty girl walks by could soon be outlawed in Calgary..Calling it “street harassment”, Councilor Druh Farrell is calling for public input on a potential bylaw to make such actions illegal..Farrell said street harassment includes things like unwelcome comments, gestures and actions made primarily to women by people they don’t know. .“It’s most frequently an attack, a verbal attack on women but it’s also against many LGBTQ people,” Farrell told CBC..“We certainly see that harassment happening in Calgary.”.Farrell said a Statistics Canada report that found one-in-three girls and women were victims of unwanted sexual behaviour in the previous year.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .“With all of our bylaws, we look at education first and then establish a social norm. It’s not OK to harass strangers on the street,” said Farrell to CBC..She notes other Canadian cities including Edmonton, Vancouver and London have already passed bylaws to regulate street harassment..If Farrell’s motion is approved by council, they would get a report back from administration on the issue in the first quarter of 2022..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
