Acadienne de la N-E alimentée par 35 ans de travail par et pour sa communauté à Ottawa. Passionate for social justice and equity. Cycliste.🚴🏻♀️ Skate skier.
Joined October 2009
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Simone Thibault retweeted
18 Feb 2024
The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife
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Simone Thibault retweeted
18 Feb 2024
As I think about my life, I am constantly reminded that we are all in this together. Even if we disagree, this is our chance to leave the world in a place where our children can dream of being anything.
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Simone Thibault retweeted
11 Feb 2024
10:44 am in #Kyiv
Morning from Ukraine!
The night was with drones in Kyiv. In total, our Air Force downed 40 drones out of 45 overnight over Ukraine.
I had a strange sleep and a good cup of #warcoffee after it. As usual, my Sunday is dedicated to writing a letter. So see you later.
Today's piece of Ukrainian art: David Burliuk, Cyclamens, 1954
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Simone Thibault retweeted
9 Feb 2024
It's Friday, I'm in love.
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Simone Thibault retweeted
8 Feb 2024
An important conversation that I'm eager to have. If we question the ethics of developers making voluntary contributions for communities, let's also look at campaign donations through the same lens. "Integrity should work both ways." ottawacitizen.com/opinion/ad…
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Simone Thibault retweeted
3 Feb 2024
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Register today ow.ly/U1YT50Qx2Bq
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Simone Thibault retweeted
11. Later he said to me – “Please write down for me what you did. It was the best hospital experience I’ve ever had. You’re the first doctor who’s ever believed me.”
**Everything we do is sociotechnical.**
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Simone Thibault retweeted
3 Feb 2024
This article from @OttawaCitizen's @marlogee contains some interestingly framed statements, plus a good bit of one-sided perspectives. I'm increasingly curious about how municipal matters are being covered by local media. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/news/shoul…
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Simone Thibault retweeted
3 Feb 2024
Here's the first paragraph: "Dollars from developers have become something of a lightning rod around Ottawa’s city hall, with a controversial $300,000 donation leaving councillors seeking a formal policy FORBIDDING them from negotiating these kinds of deals." That's incorrect. 2/
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Simone Thibault retweeted
3 Feb 2024
Putting aside that "dollars from developers" have ALWAYS been a "lighting rod" around City Hall, this sentence seems to pre-conclude & mis-portray Council's goal for the policy that Council is seeking. The cart's before the horse, but the horse hasn't left the stable yet. 3/
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Simone Thibault retweeted
3 Feb 2024
The objective of the policy, as per the motion that Council passed, is pasted below. What Council is seeking is simply to develop a policy on developer contributions in order to ensure consistency and improve transparency. We don't yet know what that policy will be. 4/
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Simone Thibault retweeted
3 Feb 2024
Before city staff have begun to explore a policy, and certainly before Council has had a chance to view, let alone debate the policy, the article suggests that councillors have already determined the policy. That's lighting-speed policy development. 4/
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Simone Thibault retweeted
3 Feb 2024
Further in the article, the journalist describes the MOU between Councillor Menard and Katasa thusly: "...the deal raised the eyebrows of many around the council table, with some councillors saying it didn’t pass the sniff test." Nothing sells news like controversy, right? 5/
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Simone Thibault retweeted
3 Feb 2024
Another way to write that sentence: "...while several councillors raised concerns over perception, with a few members even alleging impropriety, many councillors expressed their support for the agreement, even noting a lengthy history of similarly negotiated contributions." 6/
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Simone Thibault retweeted
3 Feb 2024
To conclude:
1) Council only speaks as one voice after Council has deliberated and voted on a matter. Just because the Mayor wants something does not make it so.
2) When media gives imbalanced coverage, the public discourse becomes further unbalanced.
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Simone Thibault retweeted
21 Dec 2023
Alberta directed removal of #COVID19, flu references in fall vaccine campaign, documents show, by @alanna_smithh via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Simone Thibault retweeted
1 Dec 2023
A global study reveals that Dutch residents are the most physically active on earth, getting 12.8 hours of exercise each week. The key—designing activity into daily life. The average #Dutch person cycles about 1,098 kilometers per year. HT @Cycling_Embassy
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Simone Thibault retweeted
30 Nov 2023
The dichotomy is that urban ridings have a larger tax base due to density, as well as much lower infrastructure costs, but we are ignored or low in priority for new facilities that our lower income families desperately need. Lowertown has 1 aging Community Centre. Such a shame.
30 Nov 2023
This space is about to be something really special. The new City budget will allow the construction of a brand new recreation complex in Riverside South. Here’s an example of what we are doing to deliver better facilities in our rapidly growing neighbourhoods. Stay tuned for more budget updates by signing up here: marksutcliffe.ca/
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Simone Thibault retweeted
1 Dec 2023
A good message on Bank St for @_MarkSutcliffe
Please do something about housing, transit, sidewalks, pedestrian safety, really anything to address the many challenges facing inner city residents.
People are struggling and all you do is vlog in fields.
#Ottawa
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