Calgary City Council - Wait in line, nobody is happy with their mandates.

This is what is happening for the rest of us that CAN'T wear masks, (or the people who just use their common sense and exercise their God given rights to breath.)

This is not a bad dream.

This is our lives now.

City councillors got a steady stream of criticism at a community and public services committee Friday about the city's move to extend its face-covering bylaw. City administration is asking council to extend the bylaw until May, as the current one expires Dec. 31. By Friday afternoon, more than 112 people signed up to speak in front of the committee, but only 49 showed up virtually to give their opinion.

"The ones who joined the meeting spoke, sometimes harshly, against the mandatory measure. Other speakers said they believe mandating masks is a violation of human rights and created an environment of discrimination. Several are convinced wearing masks has caused more harm than good and that the science behind the pandemic is flawed, dismissing the efficacy of face coverings to curb the spread of the virus."

Pathologist Dr. Roger Hodkinson, CEO of Western Medical Assessments — a company that conducts medical examinations for lawyers and insurance adjusters — called the mask bylaw and reaction to the pandemic "simply outrageous."

"This is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public," Hodkinson told the committee.