Unify Action - August 13, 2026


＂You Can't Be Here＂ - He KICKED Us Off Public Property


Episode Stats


Length

7 minutes

Words per minute

180.52

Word count

1,441

Sentence count

40


Transcript

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00:00:00.000 is that's been happening hi how's it going with me hello oh just talking to these guys yeah i know
00:00:06.680 who's responsible for this three of us okay are we okay to be here i thought it was public i'm
00:00:13.260 going to highlight um right off the outset i understand that you're gathering um and you
00:00:20.160 have the right to under the charter of rights and freedoms however the property you're on is owned
00:00:26.340 and regulated by the Niagara Parks Commission.
00:00:28.640 It's not public?
00:00:29.740 Just a second, I'm getting there.
00:00:32.340 There's an invitation for public access,
00:00:36.580 but it's controlled by the Niagara Parks Commission.
00:00:39.440 It is a government entity, but it's self-funded, self-sustained,
00:00:44.900 and it has its own rules and regulations,
00:00:48.200 specifically the Niagara Parks side.
00:00:50.500 I would encourage you to read it, familiarize yourselves with it.
00:00:54.480 Okay.
00:00:54.860 What you're doing is contrary to at least two sections of the Niagara Park Act.
00:01:01.940 At least I did not know.
00:01:03.000 Yeah, yeah, and that's why I'm here, just to spread some knowledge.
00:01:09.760 So is there any way that we can comply with that?
00:01:14.040 Is there, like, application, approval?
00:01:16.740 There's two sections of the act that I believe you're in violation of.
00:01:19.720 One is an act likely to congregate people.
00:01:23.060 Okay.
00:01:23.540 which is a gathering of people here, having a discussion.
00:01:27.280 Okay.
00:01:27.760 Pretty wishy-washy.
00:01:29.860 The other one is to display a sign.
00:01:31.560 That's pretty, that's very black and white, and you've got a sign displayed.
00:01:36.820 Okay.
00:01:37.140 The other one is a little bit more up for debate,
00:01:39.440 but I still feel as though this is an act and it's likely to congregate people.
00:01:44.160 Okay.
00:01:44.420 It's really what you're encouraging with the nature of the asking people to discuss things with you.
00:01:50.720 Okay.
00:01:51.120 So the act in and of itself was created to protect tourism from being inundated with things like this.
00:01:59.460 Because it takes away from our attraction here at the Niagara Parks that people have to stop every four or five feet and engage with people or pay a donation.
00:02:09.320 So the act is to protect this land from stuff like that.
00:02:14.260 Does that make sense now?
00:02:15.260 It does.
00:02:15.600 With all that being said, there's a blanket that covers all of this, which is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
00:02:21.220 You have a right to assemble peacefully, which is exactly what you're doing.
00:02:27.120 But the intricacy here is the property that you're on is only controlled by the Niagara Parks Commission.
00:02:35.100 Public has invited access, but that access can be taken away specifically on this property.
00:02:40.300 Yes. We have the right to remove people from this property as the local occupiers of it.
00:02:47.500 Okay.
00:02:48.080 Okay? I'm not saying that today, but if you could please comply with the two sections that I've asked you to.
00:02:57.360 So if we recorded without a sign?
00:02:59.900 If you're recording, you're recording in a public place.
00:03:02.360 There's nothing in the act that prohibits you from recording in a public place.
00:03:05.560 if it's for commercial purposes you're required to ask the niagara parks commission for permission
00:03:12.060 before you do this okay which i assume hasn't taken place i didn't see anything and we get a
00:03:18.820 notice every day that says this is a prescribed this this and this the commission has the right
00:03:24.380 to regulate who comes onto their property and does commercial filming yeah i don't know that
00:03:28.900 that's the case here it's just social media yeah yeah and that's for your own personal use thing
00:03:33.900 But I don't have a problem with the camera as much as I do just at face value with the way the law is written with displaying a sign and inviting some sort of interaction with people outside the scene today.
00:03:48.620 Does that make sense and is that fair?
00:03:50.940 Yeah, I do understand it.
00:03:53.000 So is there a spot I can be in this area?
00:03:56.320 Like what is part of the parks?
00:03:58.320 Like that all looks like parks to me.
00:04:00.360 the niagara parks commission owns the property from fort erie all the way along the niagara
00:04:05.000 river parkway all this property in here all the way down to niagara on the lake just on the
00:04:11.320 niagara river parkway our property lines kind of vary as you go along through the property
00:04:17.240 but anything up murray street anything up clifton hill that's some private most is public
00:04:24.440 okay that's a different story okay so like i said i'm not i'm by no means kicking you out of here
00:04:30.600 at all in fact i like it if you stayed and enjoyed your day here but there are like i'm not trying
00:04:37.100 to repeat myself over and over but there's two specific parts of the niagara park sector yeah
00:04:43.220 i can go back and get my phone and show you the act the specific parts um i don't know i mean we
00:04:50.120 might pick up okay okay and this is just some sort of social media endeavor I'm sorry to interrupt
00:04:55.640 you yeah yeah okay all right yeah like in the grand scheme of things I at least have
00:05:03.180 a lot bigger issues to solve but part of the problem is and I'm sure you can understand this
00:05:10.640 is if we allow one person to do it the floodgates open yeah and then the Niagara Parks Act is not
00:05:18.280 as useful because we've allowed everybody to do whatever part of what makes this place so special
00:05:23.320 is it's protected by this law which prevents people from coming down here and say panhandling
00:05:30.900 that's why that's not prevalent down here is because it's outlawed yeah and we police it so
00:05:37.220 that's all i'm here to do it's a touchy subject because you have the charter of rights and
00:05:41.020 freedoms which i totally respect and i think it's a good thing that you're out here having
00:05:45.520 public discourse with people but part of my job is to uphold the laws of the land which is the
00:05:51.340 niagara parks act so i could be like on one of the streets like a street corner or something
00:05:56.800 yeah honestly if i was to recommend something with high traffic it would probably be falls
00:06:01.780 view boulevard lots of people go up right near the casino or top of murray street if you're looking
00:06:07.340 to have a lot of engagement yeah i understand this is an ideal spot for it um clifton hill
00:06:13.260 is private it's owned by hoko okay if you're on their sidewalks or security will likely ask you
00:06:17.980 to leave i'm not saying that isn't a sure thing you can chance it but it's a risk we're willing
00:06:23.160 to take yeah i'm just saying as long as you're not violating those two parts and the one is kind
00:06:28.520 of like a stretch but for sure you're not allowed to display a song interesting okay okay yeah and
00:06:34.240 you've been very polite very understanding and i really appreciate that and it's really nice to
00:06:38.380 talk to you and i'm sorry i had to come say something like this to you like i don't like to
00:06:43.160 but and again not to repeat myself if i allow one person to do it it's got to be fair for
00:06:47.980 everybody i have to apply the law equally amongst all of our citizens or else
00:06:53.020 it's not really fair to anybody yeah do you have any questions anybody
00:06:57.420 um yeah no no i totally get it like uh but if we had like a t-shirt like if we wore a t-shirt
00:07:06.680 instead and then talk to people that way like where does it go you're still performing an act
00:07:10.940 that's likely to congregate people we can argue that argue that point with a judge in court
00:07:16.440 you guys present evidence you present evidence but in my view you're performing like you're not
00:07:23.000 here to take in the tourist sites i assume right this second we do buy stuff when we're down here
00:07:28.620 but yeah i wouldn't necessarily necessarily say it's some sort of act but you're doing some sort
00:07:33.760 of activity that is encouraging people to congregate which is unlawful i didn't write it
00:07:38.460 i don't necessarily agree with it but it's on the books so i have to enforce it is that fair yeah
00:07:43.320 no i get it yeah are you guys okay with all that yeah no we we can pack up and leave i think yeah
00:07:49.020 and like i said i don't i don't expect you to pack up and leave i'm not directing to pack up
00:07:53.100 i just want that part of the law status okay all right thank you so much have a nice day please