Mississauga's City Council enacted a shark fin bylaw broadly banning shark fin possession etc that came into effect at the end of June, 2012. This week, the same Councillors were backtracking, and voted to take this bylaw off the books given the successful jurisdictional challenge to Toronto's shark fin ban in late-2012 (Eng v. Toronto).
News out of Mississauga suggests that some members of City Council are not ready to completely turn the page on municipal action to protect sharks, noting that Toronto will be considering how best to proceed in June (read more here).
So, what does this all mean? At this point, only time will tell.
