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I think the flight attendants’ back to work deal should involve the complete stepping down of all air Canada board members, without pay or severance in any form, for their lack of effort in negotiating in good faith with the union. It should also include the stepping down of this tone deaf bitch but unfortunately air Canada doesn’t employ her despite the payments it gives to her party in their various forms.

We need to send a message that’s loud and clear to all boards everywhere. Fail to negotiate in hopes the government will step in on day one of the strike, and your job is gone.

It’s funny how everyone wants to complain about cuts to this and that, yet they offer up zero solutions as to how to acquire the funds to support the programs receiving cuts.

Our country is going through a tumultuous time in industry, and unless we get that up and running efficiently by investing heavily in making Canadian products and finding new international buyers, there won’t be any money to spend on any social programs in the future either. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, those of security and sustenance and more important than the need for community. I know my answer sucks, but stable pyramids are built from the ground up and not the top down.

This is a long transition that, hopefully, in several years, will see us self sufficient and prosperous, and able to fully fund the needs of all Canadians. Until then, every community, every one, will feel the sting of financial hardship. The sooner we get up and running, the shorter the pain of the sting.

I certainly don’t feel like all cops are bad unless they let people die. I don’t know how you got that interpretation. I said the cops didn’t do their job and deserved a harsher penalty for failing to do so. I meant that not just for the two cops in the story, but for all their peers to witness the consequences of dereliction of duty too.

I also said this young man didn’t die due to the cops’ negligence, but to his own poor choices. He knew that medication was important and didn’t bring it. He knew sickle cell anemia weakened his organs. And he knew that his choices that night weren’t good for his body, especially with his condition. He chose to do all the things he did anyways, and he paid the ultimate price. Is this sad, yes. Is this preventable, also yes. Did he make the choices he needed to make to ensure his safety? No. He was found motionless less than an hour after being detained, and pronounced dead less than an hour after that. He was more than two hours away from home and his meds.

I see this as being not much different than lathering one’s self up in blood and taking a walk through the savannah. Sure there’s a chance you’ll make it out the other end ok, but most times not. Is it the lions fault that person died, or is it their own fault for not heeding warnings and making unsafe choices?

We all know what our system is. We need to keep that in mind if we do things that risk running afoul of it (And no, I don’t like our system much either, hence the acab statement). If we fail to heed the warnings of our family, friends, doctors and news outlets, well then we shouldn’t be so surprised when Darwinism happens.

I don’t recall saying he deserved to die. You’re putting words in my mouth.

I dug some more online and discovered he died from heart failure due to cocaine in his system after partying all night. He was pulled over at 7:45am and hadn’t slept yet. The guy seems to have made many poor choices and they caught up with him.

The cops here sucked, and this guy’s choices sucked. The cops deserved a much harsher penalty. The guy didn’t deserve to die due to cop negligence, and his death wasn’t a direct result of the negligence. He fafo’d with the limits of his body.

Did you read the article? The alleged criminal had sickle cell anemia but did not die from complications of that. The officers neglected to log that medical issue and did not allow him to get his medication for anemia.

I dug a little bit more for you Hacksaw. The guy was pulled over at 7:45 in the morning. He had been partying all night in a different city and hadn’t slept as he and his friend drove to Montreal after partying all night long. His cause of death was heart failure due to cocaine in his system. He was 23 and already had two outstanding warrants. I couldn’t find it what those were for, only that they were not related to weapons.

I’m firmly of the belief that acab. Well, 90% of them anyways. This dude, while not dangerous, was also not an upstanding citizen. He died from his poor choices.

I hope you learn to get as much info as you can before you go blasting people online. For the record, I volunteered in loss and bereavement for 8 years. “Passed” is a preferred term for the deceased.

Edited for an autocorrect error.

While I can understand that proper procedure was violated and this caused the reduction, these officers failed to do their duty properly and were caught. The criminal who passed did have two outstanding warrants. It seems to me like everybody sucks here, but the cops shouldn’t have gotten off so lightly with that suspension reduction.

No, you need to do that to the people sponsoring her, but in a way that leaves them with deep rooted and lasting fear of being traitorous pricks