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A decade ago today, a massive tsunami caused 3 reactors in Japan to melt down & suffer hydrogen gas explosions.
No one was killed, or even harmed, by radiation. Yet thousands did die because of an unnecessary evacuation, stoked by inflated & irrational fear of radiation.
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Spotlighting Gloria Baylis this Black History Month — Barbadian-Canadian nurse who beat racist hiring discrimination in court decades before the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Black History Month salute to Ida B. Wells — journalist who exposed lynching with unmatched courage. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Celebrating Donovan Bailey for Black History Month — one of the fastest humans ever and still Canada’s sprint king. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Black History Month love to Gwendolyn Brooks — poet of Black life with a pen like lightning. #BlackHistoryMonth
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This Black History Month we salute Hugh Burnett — carpenter turned civil-rights legend who forced Ontario to confront segregation. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Honouring Pauli Murray this Black History Month — lawyer, priest, poet, and blueprint-writer for Brown v. Board. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Black History Month spotlight on Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré — Québec’s first Black judge and first Black law dean in Canada. #BlackHistoryMonth
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For Black History Month: James Reese Europe — jazz innovator who brought Harlem’s sound to WWI Europe. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Celebrating Eleanor Collins this Black History Month — Canada’s first TV musical star and jazz icon. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Black History Month salute to Ella Baker — the movement’s mentor, the glue behind the courage. #BlackHistoryMonth
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@AnnieBuddy@mstdn.ca @ggDionne@mstdn.ca Fair points — land use and cost control matter.
But a 3/4 km corridor isn’t accurate; HSR rights-of-way are typically *tens* of metres, not hundreds, and routes can (and should) avoid sensitive areas, just as highways and transmission lines already do.
On costs: discipline is essential. But “never cost-effective” assumes static ridership and ignores avoided highway expansion, airport upgrades, fuel imports, and long-term emissions. Infrastructure is properly judged / evaluated over decades.
As for China’s HSR debt: yes, that’s risky and not ideal per se. But they still built the world’s largest HSR network in 15 years and shifted massive volumes of travel from planes and highways to electric rail. Debt for consumption is a liability; debt for productive, nation-building infrastructure that boosts mobility and cuts emissions can generate lasting returns over time.
High-frequency rail is good. True HSR is transformational — if planned well.
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Spotlighting Anderson Ruffin Abbott for Black History Month — first Black Canadian-born doctor and Civil War volunteer. #BlackHistoryMonth
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@AnnieBuddy@mstdn.ca @ggDionne@mstdn.ca Fair point on infrastructure costs — big projects do ripple outward.
But 1–3% of provincial capacity isn’t apocalyptic; it’s comparable to other major industrial loads we routinely plan for. When we build smelters or data centres, we expand supply. Rail shouldn’t be held to a different standard.
If anything, this highlights the need for parallel grid investment — which we’ll need anyway for EVs, heat pumps, and electrification.
High-frequency rail is great. Dedicated, electrified high-speed rail is better. Let’s scale the power system to match our ambitions, not shrink the ambition to fit yesterday’s grid.
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A province‑wide probe into police corruption is long overdue.
Individual “bad apples” don’t organize shootings, leak intel to criminals, or coordinate testimony -- entire systems do.
Accountability isn’t anti‑police; corruption is.
Trust depends on cleaning house.
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Data shows a pattern:
Countries with #ProportionalRepresentation score higher on transparency/less corruption
Even big FPTP outliers (🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦) face recurring corruption scandals
Correlation ≠ causation but stronger representation often means stronger accountability
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Black History Month love to Gordon Parks — photographer, filmmaker, storyteller of America’s truths. #BlackHistoryMonth
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It’s 100% reasonable for Canadians to ask why ICE -- an agency under heavy scrutiny for deadly force and civil‑rights violations -- is operating quietly in 5 of our cities.
Cooperation is one thing. A foreign agency with a violent track record on our soil is another.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ice-canada-offices-9.7073273
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