I'm passionate about family and friends. I believe in equality, inclusion, and dialogue. I care about people, community, and the future. I like to laugh.
Ottawa, Ontario
Joined November 2017
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If the downtown fails, the city fails.
"The ward contains the city's central business district .... taxes are paid by commercial entities, which are taxed at nearly twice the rate as residential properties."
@_MarkSutcliffe @ottawabot @CSQOttawa
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I've discovered that it is often useful to take the wheel that turns well and tune it to your needs vs. reinventing one.
@CBCOttawa #Ottawa #AffordableHousing
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Affordable Housing:
We talk about this issue as if we were talking about nuclear fusion. If you don't get the analogy, then you did get it.
Cities like Vienna have been successfully building affordable housing for a century.
@CBCOttawa #Ottawa
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Healthy aging, aging in place, and walkable/livable communities?
Sounds nice, but without the proper supports it's a fingers crossed approach.
A 74 y.o. patient who called 5 clinics to get publicly funded PT. The wait? 2 years.
All physiotherapy should be publicly funded.
Re: Viennese Chocolate Cake: "If you have money, go. If you don't, watch."
This speaks to the K-Shaped economic recovery curve seen during COVID, and the widening chasm between lived realities depending which leg of the K you're represented by.
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Housing First.
It saves people (and money).
It provides our fellow citizen, a human being, with dignity.
#homelessness #housing #Ottawa
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I don't know much about the transit issues in Naples, Italy.
But, their newest metro station is an architectural masterpiece and an absolute WOW!!!
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Today I'm sporting a "coif" recognizable to many Canadians.
In the winter, we call it "toque head."
When it's not winter, we call it "helmet head."
#cycling
"We're not all in the same boat. We're in the same storm."
The cost of fuel and heating, food, rent ...
We must ask, "Why?"
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With more prevalent work from home models and fewer people afoot daily, we are able to more clearly see our fellow citizen who used to once blend into the crowd.
The question is, how do we help?
#Ottawa
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Public Land. Social Profit.
The world's population is growing. People live in cities. Cities are growing.
Housing affordability is critical for a healthy future.
@KatePorterCBC @_MarkSutcliffe @ShawnMenard1 @obj_news @IRPP
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The K-Shaped Economic Recovery Curve and Dickens:
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..."
The cost of food. The cost of housing. The cost of heating.
The rising cost of living? More like the cost of surviving for many Canadians.
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There is a beauty in the capital cities of past colonial powers that is easy to admire.
But, I'm reminded that the foundation for the beauty that one is surrounded by and the power they convey was the exploitation of human beings.
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I was on the road yesterday. I'm looking at this picture of central Ottawa.
I'm left asking:
Where were the road crews?
Where was the MTO?
Do they read weather forecasts?
Was this cost savings?
How much is a life worth?
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Moving people are healthy people.
Physiotherapists keep people moving.
Regular exercise and, in essence, a gatherer>hunter diet helps keeps you healthy - including your gut.
@SylviaJonesMPP
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As an Ontarian, I would like to see Mitch as a Bencher.
Mitch is a person of exceptional character and strong moral fibre. He is a champion of both the person and the people.
If you are a lawyer in Ontario, Mitch Kitagawa is worthy of your vote.
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My friend, John Thomas, built this building.
Through innovation, creativity, and a clear vision of the future city, Azure Urban is literally changing the Ottawa landscape, leveraging knowledge and design gained from international experience.
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Public land. Social Profit.
Barcelona does it. Vienna has been at it for a century.
Earmark public land in cities for the kind of housing we want/need and make it happen.
Increase supply. Alleviate demand.
Problem. Solved.
Not complicated.
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What has less salt?
1 cup of All Bran Buds, or a medium French Fries at McDonald's?
@globeandmail @LeslieBeckRD
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