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@sbv @ottawa @dwazou Just remember that Jim Watson didn't want #visionzero. He preferred to keep the status quo death rate of 20 to 25 pedestrians / people on bikes per year and to try to slowly reduce that by 5% a year.
A 5% reduction is one fewer death.
These deaths are the price we pay for voting in awful #Ottawa mayors who prioritize cars over people and austerity over improving the city. It's our fault.
@human3500 @sbv @ottawa @dwazou but who voted for them? i didn't. do you?
@burnitdown @sbv @ottawa @dwazou Not me. The suburbs did this to us.
@human3500 @sbv @ottawa @dwazou
no, i don't think it was "the surburbs". who made the suburbs that powerful? who amalgamated the cities?
@burnitdown @sbv @ottawa @dwazou Valid point. Mike Harris is the answer.
@human3500 @sbv @ottawa @dwazou
Mike Harris is also playing the same game as Stephen Harper, pulling strings from behind a curtain while they're no longer officially politicians. guess who owns all of those long-term care homes where most covid deaths have happened, and who got Doug Ford to deregulate LTC inspections.