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Roch Bourassa

@rochbourassa.bsky.social

Crisis management, business continuity, emergency planning, operational resilience by day. Sustainability, politics, environment, technology, fairness, dogs, potato chips by night! Be well; be safe; be kind!

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Hmmm…did we not have some federal party in #canada reference to foreign $$$ and other influence that supported climate change protests some years ago??!!

Me thinks some hypocrisy is afoot but that it’s ok for this foreign owned media as it is coming from the RW

13.11.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nipissing MPP Fedeli announces $10 million to fix potholes Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli announced $10 million to fix potholes on Ontario roads in municipalities with populations of up to 10,000 people.

Pothole Prevention Program in #ontario : www.nugget.ca/news/nipissi...

β€œset standards … while also promoting high-quality roadwork across the provinceβ€œ
Well maybe if the quality was there initially rather than just another construction job supporting contract it would be better!

Wrong prevention!

13.11.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today i learned that Taiwan had its pineapple crisis from foreign interference of another country.
Response: screw you…we found others willing to buy our pineapples. We don’t need you!

In this case lies an important lesson / strategy for #canada in response to US tariffs ans threats!

13.11.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Careful people: with a lot of focus on those emails/files, keep an eye on the apparatus for signs of some critical event to distract !!!

Whether war or some other machismo flex, he will attempt to distract from this!

Sickening!

13.11.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pedo-in-Chief!

Do.
Not.
Let.
Him.
Get.
Away.
With.
This!

13.11.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought that this assignment of supervisor was to address financial concerns versus education-related matters.

Lots to peel back on this role and scope of supervisor.
Transparency is seriously missing!

Doug’s answers to media scrum in #ottawa earlier today was total populist schtick in #onpoli

13.11.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do I need a #canada civics course refresher?
I thought our Constitution did not refer to Parties but rather Confidence
If the elected MP offers their position of Confidence is that β€œfloor crossing”?

12.11.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Naked eye aurora is damn cool

(Spotted in former West Carleton Township in #ottawa)

12.11.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character from the peanuts movie is making a very angry face with his fists in the air . ALT: a cartoon character from the peanuts movie is making a very angry face with his fists in the air .
11.11.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

/s noted

11.11.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought that @en.ottawa.ca / #ottawa has a transportation network winter snow clearing standard.
If so, how is it monitored for compliance?

(and hope for warmer weather to melt it all is not a strategy!)

11.11.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

IMO, war-poetry ... poems! ... does not glorify wars, but, provides insights into the person, the peoples, the awful events.

Lest we forget, these poems remain.

11.11.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Words never written: an #ottawa driver braved the snow on the 417 while maintaining 3 to 4 car-lengths and driving the posted speed-limit with full-lights turned on and their cell phone out of reach and not using the HOV lane as a single-occupant vehicle!

11.11.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tim reacts by stating: β€œDid someone say β€˜traffic cones’??!!”

Tim will take care if it!
Tim is the Olympic-champ in Traffic-Cone-Tossing: #ottawa entry in the urban politics Olympics!
😜

11.11.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shhhh!
Don’t tell Council!
Otherwise barricades or some other anti-social barrier (armored Chimpanzees??!!) will pop up and deprive connectivity across #ottawa

10.11.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🀬

10.11.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, #ontario weather forecast called for a bit of snow.
Yes, having winter tires makes a huge difference in snow.
Yes, driving with full-lights on makes your rear-end visible to others in white-out!
Yes, more distance makes it safer.
Yes, reducing speed works!

Yet, morons still exist on roads!
🀬

10.11.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just to let you know that your email did find me, and I am well!

#MondayAntics

😜

10.11.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Snow ploughing and anti-skid treatment

Hello #Oulu : www.ouka.fi/en/street-ma...

How does #ottawa snow clearing priorities compare?
...and hoping for warmer temps is not a strategy!

10.11.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey #canada : give yourself a pat on the back on this milestone!

IMO...this is the lingering impacts of this last #pandemic where both mis-/dis-information keeps driving certain things to the bottom of the ill-informed barrel!

This is totally "fixable"!
Get with it and roll up your sleeves.

10.11.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How does it look for you, for those that work in a corporate program, or work with corporate clients?

(I understand that public response orgs work differently in this area than pros in corporate #resilience programs).

It's never too early to be #prepared .

10.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is NOT a strategy to rely on team members that always state the following: "Oh...I am always available to support the response!"

Does your org / your client have a "Grinch" policy:
this year ABC will be on-call, and next year XYZ will have to be on-call.
Works fine, if XYZ is still working 🫣

10.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Challenge to continuity: cross-training incident response teams. Great strategy, but ...
What happens when people travel, take vacation, have family/friend gathering, or simply want to take-a-breather and turn it all off ... and all at the same time??!!

Do you depend on those that say "Bah Humbug!"

10.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey #BusinessContinuity / #CrisisManagement pros:
How do you prepare your organization or clients for the perennial XMas / Holiday season as a leading practice, while still allowing people to enjoy and detach themselves from the ever-present threat of disruptions to critical functions?

10.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€”

10.11.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When politicians make it about themselves while posing for Nov 11 related ceremonies in their local communities, it really shows their own character.

10.11.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nope…not clicking through. Next please.

10.11.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bringing order to chaos … dramatic, huh??!!

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10.11.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is sad as i still remember the sound of the cows bells while we hiked near alpine pastures around #Grindelwald.
Even in early morning hikes with thick fog the sound was just delightful as we hiked up #First

10.11.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the Techno-Oligarchs will rally β€˜round and spin this as an evolving partnership that will pivot the long term societal adoption of leading service to deepen the delivery of information-based public supports.

This is a story long ago developed and oft-repeated!

09.11.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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