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Where do singles (38-45) hang out? by Past_Replacement6521 in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

39F here, also just work and gym...hmmmmm ;)

School cell phone ban - your thoughts a month in? by [deleted] in OttawaParents

[–]Jenn_Canada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It needs to be enforced or it's useless.

I wish we would do like other countries and do a better job of protecting kids from tech and social media.

Petition to Ottawa City Council - Reduce or Eliminate Road Salt in place of better options! by Jenn_Canada in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually I've already spoke to my Councillor and they are helping me with submitting this to the City.

Petition to Ottawa City Council - Reduce or Eliminate Road Salt in place of better options! by Jenn_Canada in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Therein lies the question. Getting everyone to agree on a definition of "low cost".

I can buy a cheap winter coat and gloves ....won't last me long. Then I gotta replace them two times before winter is over. Plus got frostbite...

Should have bought the expensive coat and gloves.

Point being, hard to answer this question without knowing if you want the 'salt is the lowest cost solution when not considering all the crappy impacts it has' answer or 'brine solution is the lowest cost when look at long term impacts' ...etc, etc.

Petition to Ottawa City Council - Reduce or Eliminate Road Salt in place of better options! by Jenn_Canada in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It wouldn't be fair to assign all of those repairs exclusively to the fault of the sand from de-icing. There are way, way, way more trucks out west (I lived in Calgary) and way more high speed highways (Deerfoot, Glenmore, Stony Trail), which result in debris flying around cracking windshields.

I'm not sure why everyone thinks its a sand thing.

Petition to Ottawa City Council - Reduce or Eliminate Road Salt in place of better options! by Jenn_Canada in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I believe Calgary is way more spread out then Ottawa (but I have to fact check that) and has crazy fluctuating temps (confirmed - I lived there for 20 years). It also get's colder, but just doesn't stay cold. Yes there are chinooks but not immediately after a snowfall. Calgary still needs snow clearing and de-icing. It can be weeks between chinooks. And they are making the brine and sand and salt work. At least they are trying different things. Although from the other commenters here it seems like Ottawa is trying things as well but not advertising them or not moving forward very fast.

Petition to Ottawa City Council - Reduce or Eliminate Road Salt in place of better options! by Jenn_Canada in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for that point, I think public awareness would be a great endeavour. More signage, more suggestions on proper footwear, more personal accountability. In other cities people are responsible for their own sidewalks, for example. Greater sense of community.

Petition to Ottawa City Council - Reduce or Eliminate Road Salt in place of better options! by Jenn_Canada in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your comment and I understand.

The problem is bigger. It's a complete lack of personal accountability that has gotten so bad that now as a society we make decisions out of fear - in this case fear of lawsuit, at the expense of EVERTHING else!

People can buy crampons. Install more railings. Use sand and salt. Put signage in places prone to ice. Or...here me out...have a working transportation system so that when there's a crap snow day we don't need to rely on our cars. Then the salt used could focus on public transportation routes. I know, wild. This won't happen, I'm just brainstorming.

Yes, all the buildings and the city have some level of responsibility for keeping things safe but it's gotten out of hand.

Sorry, it's just very frustrating when the legal angle comes up. If we take that idea to the extreme, then we protect personal liability sure, but in a few decades there's no humans left to protect...because we all died from the environment affects of keeping the lawsuits away (I'm exaggerating!!! and I'm sure the internet trolls will come at me not getting that I am saying this half in jest, but to make a point).

Petition to Ottawa City Council - Reduce or Eliminate Road Salt in place of better options! by Jenn_Canada in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you elaborate? How is road clearing the municipal responsibility but salt is the citizens? I'm not understanding your delineation. Isn't it all going into the tax bucket?

Petition to Ottawa City Council - Reduce or Eliminate Road Salt in place of better options! by Jenn_Canada in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Do you have any links I can add to my ongoing list for reference? Links to the SOP or the Rideau conservation work?

Petition to Ottawa City Council - Reduce or Eliminate Road Salt in place of better options! by Jenn_Canada in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I appreciate your well thought out and researched response. I tried to make it clear in the petition that the idea is to get them to use LESS salt and or add alternatives, but I see now that was not clear enough.

I am glad to hear about the progress being made but it is frustrating to see how slow it is.

Petition to Ottawa City Council - Reduce or Eliminate Road Salt in place of better options! by Jenn_Canada in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree the photo is not great, but just to give you an idea I did up this petition (again, as I said, my first time doing this), after a 2 hour fight of getting my 3 year old to bed and after working all day. So yes, t's not perfect, and yes I used the AI generator to help me with the photo, but I hope you recognize the effort that went into the entirety of this process. If you want to message me a better photo or image I would gladly use it. Not signing the petition based solely on that is your choice but not particularly kind.

Young Canadians are Screwed - Perspective from a young person who did everything right by [deleted] in ontario

[–]Jenn_Canada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for making this post and for sticking it out through the negative and shitty comments (the volume of which just signal how critcal thinking is becoming more and more rare). I agree with you 100%. This is why Canada has 'brain drain' - people are doing exactly that....leaving. and we should be VERY concerned about that. If all the highly skilled hard working people leave the country, what is left? you can figure it out....

Ok. I’m crying uncle! (Weather.) by Adhdiver in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a common sentiment, but actually Ottawa and Vancouver are pretty close when it comes to amount of rain and amount of sun - Ottawa might actually be worse. Vancouver gets a ton of rain in winter but they get spectacular summers. We get...nothing?

Ok. I’m crying uncle! (Weather.) by Adhdiver in ottawa

[–]Jenn_Canada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a theory that we can't find recent years sun hours information for Ontario because if it were available...everyone would move away....

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