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  • It takes all types: we need friendly and approachable people explaining how climate change will hurt us, we need entrepreneurs building tools that lower our emissions, we need people showing how to live a happy low GHG lifestyle, we need politicians writing policy.

    And we need in-your-face activists reminding society that there's a clear and immediate threat.

  • This is incorrect.

    Butter, jam, marmalade, honey, relish, mayonnaise, and mustard are what make life worth living.

    Bread is like air: a medium that is difficult to enjoy on its own, but necessary so that we can have the truly good things.

  • I really liked Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman.

    I don't think it's necessarily an accurate picture of parenting in France, but I appreciate the ideas she presents:

    • mothers (and parents) should keep their lives and outside interests;
    • teach your kids to be independent (don't helicopter, etc);
    • teach kids to exist in an adult world;
    • socialized and properly funded childcare is necessary.
  • This is part of the conversation on immigration that's missing: we're treating guest workers and new Canadians like a resource to be mined.

    We're getting people to come here with various promises, and then allowing unscrupulous assholes to exploit them. Some of those assholes are "consultants", and recruiters. Others are employers. Some are post secondary institutions offering garbage degrees/certificates. And we can't forget landlords.

    It's funny because considering immigrants welfare would probably have cut down on numbers: we'd have open work permits, rather than TFWs; useful education programs, rather than puppy mills; and we'd ensure access to services/housing for new arrivals.

  • And indeed, the impact on public health has been dramatic: After Calgary ended fluoridation, 700 percent more children needed intravenous antibiotics to avoid fatal dental infection. The city is now working to upgrade systems to turn the fluoride back on in 2025 after citizens mobilized to add it back.

  • Active living may not be the only way to address the obesity epidemic (it's endemic now, isn't it?) but it would help. People will be happier and healthier if they can get exercise as part of their day to day activities.

  • The Transport Department had said the winning contractor, which would design, build and operate the tracks,

    Like a public-private-partnership? Wasn't there a post here noting that P3s were one of the reasons Canadian transit projects take too long, rarely work, and cost more than similar lines built elsewhere?