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Jan 14, 2024

Jan Reimer was Edmonton’s mayor from 89-95. She was wonderful but hated by car dealers. Why car dealers? Because Edmonton was very innovative in winter. They stopped salting roads. They used a different system. 1/8

Of course, salt is effective at melting ice. In Edmonton, however, at temperatures hovering at -20° for extended periods, it is completely ineffective. It just doesn’t work. And then there are significant downsides. 2/8

Salt causes tremendous damage to pavement, both concrete and asphalt, expensive to repair. It kills the grass. And it destroys vehicles. So Reimer’s team did something different - they spread pea-size rocks on the roads after snow removal. It provided grit. An experiment. 3/8

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Feb 27, 2022

Nicholas Winton was on his way to Switzerland for a skiing vacation in 1938 when he learned of what had happened in Germany. Kristallnacht, violent mass organized attacks against Jews all over Germany, left 267 synagogues and 7000 Jewish owned businesses destroyed, 91 dead.

This was the start of the Nazi attempt to murder all of the Jews in Europe. 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps.
Winton figured this was coming to Czechoslovakia so he went to Prague and set himself up in a hotel. He got to work.

Britain had agreed to take Jewish children provided they had a place to stay and 50£. Families could not escape so they tried to save their children. Winton went back to Britain. He managed to arrange for the safe passage of 669 children. The parents did not survive.

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@PaulDoroshenko

Feb 26, 2022

Passionate about freedom?
Willing to fight for freedom?
Are you healthy and under 50?
Do your part. Join the fight.
Ukraine has put out the call for anyone who is willing to fight alongside.
The airfare to Poland is no impediment.

If you can protest and carry gas cans and scream “freedom,” you can carry a weapon to protect a democratic country from the invading army of a totalitarian country.
Also needed: mechanics, drivers, carpenters, heavy equipment operators.
Don’t need to carry a gun to be a hero.

https://twitter.com/theipaper/status/1497534974379323397

A personal invite from the President:

https://twitter.com/theipaper/status/1497534974379323397

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Nov 15, 2020

Thinking about our Covid-19 situation in BC with the view of what’s happening in Italy.

We have short-term economic interest that we’re weighing against human life. Many lives.

To me it’s a morality question. And to me the obligation we have to each other is to save our lives.

I would not send 100 employees to a job site knowing 20 would get very sick and 2-3 would die. That is not acceptable.

I’m at a loss for why we have a question here. We’re speaking of human life.

Killing people is bad. You could say full-on objectively bad.

Back to my scenario, it’s condemning people to death. It’s a little random. Certainly that doesn’t make it okay.

You stand in defence of human life, the dignity of human life, or you stand with the worst of humanity.

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Aug 18, 2020

Poor old Bill Morneau.
Here’s my take:
He gets into politics for altruistic reasons. He’s actually a human (not a lizard alien) and he decides he should bring his significant skills to the table in the service of the public. Very honourable.

And he joins a party with real vision, a smart balanced leader and a solid team with a plan. And they do it. They win an election, they cut child poverty, they make taxation much more fair and they advance a progressive agenda. Can’t please everyone but they do a very good job.

Then, pandemic and money needs to go out fast. Craig Kielburger, many forget, has serious cred. All parties want to be involved with his non-partisan activism. I suspect he and We are getting an unfair, undeserved rough ride. But that’s an aside. Good old Bill follows the rules.

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May 11, 2020

I suspect people don’t know what’s coming.
It you look at photos of any city from pre WWI you’ll see all sorts of businesses. You’ll also notice that none of them exist anymore. There are reasons.
Most businesses don’t survive their first owner. They had the heart and motivation.

The courageous entrepreneurs who start businesses do the work of three employees. They often contribute far beyond what they extract from the business. It is their drive that keeps it going. Without them, the business folds or falls in decline. Employees don’t often see it.

Very successful businesses, like Army & Navy, could very well succeed but for the unmotivated inheritors who fail to maintain the drive of the original visionary. Canadian Tire has been very smart in this regard. Franchisees can’t gift or sell their store to a family member.

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