Mr. Speaker, in an effort to increase the safety of our community, Parkdale Community Watch has launched a three part project designed to enhance the safety of municipal laneways.
This initiative, Parkdale's people friendly laneway project, involves painting addresses on buildings that adjoin laneways, ensuring that adequate lighting illuminates the laneways and eliminating garbage and graffiti.
This project is especially relevant in my riding as two years ago a neighbouring area experienced repeated arson incidents in which the arsonist gained access to properties through laneways.
As a result Parkdale Community Watch has undertaken this action in order to prevent crime and increase the safety of our community. This project also makes it easier for emergency vehicles to access our laneways as well as increasing access for community and business purposes.
I applaud this community initiative and encourage other communities to take a lesson from Parkdale Community Watch.