Diane Therrien

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]

Her Worship

Diane Therrien
Mayor of Peterborough, Ontario
Assumed office
November 26, 2018
Preceded byDaryl Bennett
Personal details
BornMississauga, Ontario

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
  1. Thomas, Jesse (27 November 2018). "Peterborough's new mayor Diane Therrien, council sworn in". Global News. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Anastasakis, Niki; Davis, Greg (13 August 2019). "Peterborough city council passes bylaws to curb tenting at municipal parks". Global News.
  4. Kovach, Joelle (13 August 2019). "Despite new bylaw, Peterborough not evicting homeless campers, mayor says". The Peterborough Examiner.
  5. Kovach, Joelle (7 August 2019). "Petition calls for City of Peterborough to take down tent city".
  6. Kovach, Joelle. "22 October 2019". The Peterborough Examiner. Peterborough. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
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