You are on the long ride home on a Winnipeg Transit bus, you have your ear buds in and with eyes closed, you are in your zone. Listening to some Bob Marley as he sings, ‘One love, one heart, let’s get together and feel alright.’ Without thinking, you start to hum, then it turns into a low singing, at least to you it does as you cannot hear your own voice over Brother Bob’s. Bad call. Without warning a shadow looms over you. You look up to see who dares to interrupt your reverie. It’s the bus driver. Or is it a cop? Or a bus cop? Maybe one of those people they have on planes to thwart terrorists? Either way, here he/she/it is hovering over you like a bird of prey. You are ticketed. For singing on the bus. Don’t laugh, it can happen. If you live in Winnipeg.
City Councillors have put their collective heads together and came up with a bylaw that prohibits singing in City buses. Offenders will be fined $100. I am not sure on the specifics, like how and who is going to be that bird of prey. What would they do if someone is singing? Go up to them and say, “I am going to ticket you for singing, please hand over your id so I know who you are” That’s it? What if the rider refuses to accept the ticket or decline to provide their name? What then? Take a photo and pin in up around town asking for people to identify the perp who dared sing on a city bus?
In all seriousness, this is probably one of the most ludicrous thing I’ve heard in a long time, especially coming from City Hall. While the city burns, the Councillors fiddle. While streets look as if they barely escaped an overnight bombing, the decisions makers chose to ignore this and come up with a law that makes you wonder…
Please remind me again why I bother to vote…oh nevermind, I don’t.
And that’s My Take.
My Vuze, My Takes 
Wow, what a ridiculous bylaw. I could understand if the person was singing something that was rude or inappropriate or even singing very loudly and annoying people but singing in general might just boost someone else’s mood. I might even join in if I knew the song.
Singing lifts the spirits. After tons of backlash, the city has taken it back to the drawing board. Now they can sing again, at least for a little while longer.