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!
https://about.me/rochbourassa
Sustainability, politics, environment, technology, fairness, dogs, potato chips by night!
Be well; be safe; be kind!
https://about.me/rochbourassa
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hmmm...wonder if code of conduct permits adding tips or buy-me-a-coffee link such as the following ko-fi.com/bytownbcm 🤞
@clarkekelly.bsky.social for Councillor Curry
You can email your city councillor and they can ask for a review on your behalf. Or you can make your request via 3-1-1 or ottawa.ca/311
3-1-1 | City of Ottawa
report or request, pay or purchase, apply or register, client service centres, find people...
ottawa.ca
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@clarkekelly.bsky.social for Councillor Curry
Hey #ottawa : lets see how prepared the City is to handle a wee bit of snow tomorrow, with an eye on the various comments of the benefits to having employees returning full-time into in-person office work for the downtown businesses.
How quickly will sidewalks get cleared?
Will #ottLRT be solid?
🤔
How quickly will sidewalks get cleared?
Will #ottLRT be solid?
🤔
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Everyone here that lives in/ around #ottawa should take the minute or so to read this thoughtful retort to 'Tim'.
As a "reliable yes-man for every budget", Tim owns the impacts of these noted issues, yet, is good to point the finger at others.
#ottpoli is alive and well.
As a "reliable yes-man for every budget", Tim owns the impacts of these noted issues, yet, is good to point the finger at others.
#ottpoli is alive and well.
Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday.
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
December 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It’s-26C with the wind chill and we have Evening Grosbeaks at one of the feeders.
Thought for sure that these birds would have migrated…
Thought for sure that these birds would have migrated…
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It’s-26C with the wind chill and we have Evening Grosbeaks at one of the feeders.
Thought for sure that these birds would have migrated…
Thought for sure that these birds would have migrated…
If your operation is dependent on 3rd-party supplier/ provider, do you know what their continuity strategy is when faced with service failure?
Here, supplier has totally transferred #BusinessContinuity risk onto its customers!
Not #AntiFragile
Here, supplier has totally transferred #BusinessContinuity risk onto its customers!
Not #AntiFragile
"More than 1,000 self-serve #avgas pumps at airports across the country remained inoperable as of 7:30 p.m. EST Saturday after a planned #software upgrade apparently went sideways."
avbrief.com/qtpods-servi...
#AVbrief #aviation #news #aircraft #fuel #USA #QTPod
avbrief.com/qtpods-servi...
#AVbrief #aviation #news #aircraft #fuel #USA #QTPod
QTPod Service Interruption Extended - AvBrief.com
Over 1,000 self-serve QTPod pumps remain inoperable.
avbrief.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If your operation is dependent on 3rd-party supplier/ provider, do you know what their continuity strategy is when faced with service failure?
Here, supplier has totally transferred #BusinessContinuity risk onto its customers!
Not #AntiFragile
Here, supplier has totally transferred #BusinessContinuity risk onto its customers!
Not #AntiFragile
This is a great #AI disclosure statement
"Research ... was conducted using Elicit AI for literature synthesis. As a non-native English speaker, the author used AI writing assistance ... to refine language and readability. All analysis, conclusions, and recommendations are the author’s own"
"Research ... was conducted using Elicit AI for literature synthesis. As a non-native English speaker, the author used AI writing assistance ... to refine language and readability. All analysis, conclusions, and recommendations are the author’s own"
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is a great #AI disclosure statement
"Research ... was conducted using Elicit AI for literature synthesis. As a non-native English speaker, the author used AI writing assistance ... to refine language and readability. All analysis, conclusions, and recommendations are the author’s own"
"Research ... was conducted using Elicit AI for literature synthesis. As a non-native English speaker, the author used AI writing assistance ... to refine language and readability. All analysis, conclusions, and recommendations are the author’s own"
and for those interested to support #canada #bobsleigh and #skeleton here is a link to donate: www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.ca/en/partners/...
maybe we need some Canadian star-power like @flavorflav.bsky.social to rally the donations ahead of the #olympics!
maybe we need some Canadian star-power like @flavorflav.bsky.social to rally the donations ahead of the #olympics!
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
and for those interested to support #canada #bobsleigh and #skeleton here is a link to donate: www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.ca/en/partners/...
maybe we need some Canadian star-power like @flavorflav.bsky.social to rally the donations ahead of the #olympics!
maybe we need some Canadian star-power like @flavorflav.bsky.social to rally the donations ahead of the #olympics!
Just received this promo...and I feel honoured:
"You're the first to get our Black Friday link. Shop the VIP sale before anyone else."
Hear that folks...the FIRST!
[ok, enough procrastination: back to building out #BusinessContinuity strategy. Now, how do you spell 'bee-sea-pea']
"You're the first to get our Black Friday link. Shop the VIP sale before anyone else."
Hear that folks...the FIRST!
[ok, enough procrastination: back to building out #BusinessContinuity strategy. Now, how do you spell 'bee-sea-pea']
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just received this promo...and I feel honoured:
"You're the first to get our Black Friday link. Shop the VIP sale before anyone else."
Hear that folks...the FIRST!
[ok, enough procrastination: back to building out #BusinessContinuity strategy. Now, how do you spell 'bee-sea-pea']
"You're the first to get our Black Friday link. Shop the VIP sale before anyone else."
Hear that folks...the FIRST!
[ok, enough procrastination: back to building out #BusinessContinuity strategy. Now, how do you spell 'bee-sea-pea']
I want to hear it in his own honest no-holds barred words from former #PMJT on WTH happened since 2015, on PP still hanging on, former advisors turned Carney cheerers, and dealing/placating with King T.
He owes zero allegiance to @liberalca.bsky.social
Maybe on Guy Lepage’s last episode of #TLMEP
He owes zero allegiance to @liberalca.bsky.social
Maybe on Guy Lepage’s last episode of #TLMEP
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I want to hear it in his own honest no-holds barred words from former #PMJT on WTH happened since 2015, on PP still hanging on, former advisors turned Carney cheerers, and dealing/placating with King T.
He owes zero allegiance to @liberalca.bsky.social
Maybe on Guy Lepage’s last episode of #TLMEP
He owes zero allegiance to @liberalca.bsky.social
Maybe on Guy Lepage’s last episode of #TLMEP
open.substack.com/pub/metaview...
“If there is one domain where participation matters—not symbolically but structurally—it is food.”
straightforward read by @jessehirsh.com
#FoodSecurity #FoodSovereignty
“If there is one domain where participation matters—not symbolically but structurally—it is food.”
straightforward read by @jessehirsh.com
#FoodSecurity #FoodSovereignty
247: Attention, Appetite, and Power
A Country That Doesn’t Understand Its Food Has No Future
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
open.substack.com/pub/metaview...
“If there is one domain where participation matters—not symbolically but structurally—it is food.”
straightforward read by @jessehirsh.com
#FoodSecurity #FoodSovereignty
“If there is one domain where participation matters—not symbolically but structurally—it is food.”
straightforward read by @jessehirsh.com
#FoodSecurity #FoodSovereignty
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Interesting how this is not an issue in other parts of the City of #ottawa @en.ottawa.ca where farm gets sold and new owner rapidly builds massive building and stores various heavy machinery (and gets frequent deliveries of other competing companies aggregates)
Interesting how this is not an issue in other parts of the City of #ottawa @en.ottawa.ca where farm gets sold and new owner rapidly builds massive building and stores various heavy machinery (and gets frequent deliveries of other competing companies aggregates)
a cartoon rooster says there 's something goin on around here that just don 't add up
ALT: a cartoon rooster says there 's something goin on around here that just don 't add up
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Interesting how this is not an issue in other parts of the City of #ottawa @en.ottawa.ca where farm gets sold and new owner rapidly builds massive building and stores various heavy machinery (and gets frequent deliveries of other competing companies aggregates)
Interesting how this is not an issue in other parts of the City of #ottawa @en.ottawa.ca where farm gets sold and new owner rapidly builds massive building and stores various heavy machinery (and gets frequent deliveries of other competing companies aggregates)
Wow! Many questions.
Climate folks seemed way too chill.
At the 30 seconds mark: how many people does it take to use an extinguisher?
#preparedness also applies to mass-gatherings like conferences.
Climate folks seemed way too chill.
At the 30 seconds mark: how many people does it take to use an extinguisher?
#preparedness also applies to mass-gatherings like conferences.
🚨 URGENTE | Pavilhão de negociações da COP30 pega fogo. Local é evacuado. Ainda não se sabe a causa do incêndio.
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🔁 Em atualização
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🔁 Em atualização
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Wow! Many questions.
Climate folks seemed way too chill.
At the 30 seconds mark: how many people does it take to use an extinguisher?
#preparedness also applies to mass-gatherings like conferences.
Climate folks seemed way too chill.
At the 30 seconds mark: how many people does it take to use an extinguisher?
#preparedness also applies to mass-gatherings like conferences.
oh wow! Just heard @joelplaskett.bsky.social Joel Plaskett Emergency "Fashionable People" on radio (#CBC obviously!) ...and it unleashed a flood of kiddo-memories seeing one of the kiddos moving around the house singing that song ... for months!
Time flies, folks! Live in the moment, and enjoy!
Time flies, folks! Live in the moment, and enjoy!
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
oh wow! Just heard @joelplaskett.bsky.social Joel Plaskett Emergency "Fashionable People" on radio (#CBC obviously!) ...and it unleashed a flood of kiddo-memories seeing one of the kiddos moving around the house singing that song ... for months!
Time flies, folks! Live in the moment, and enjoy!
Time flies, folks! Live in the moment, and enjoy!
www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-dining...
People read this BS and “buy it”, correct?
First that pic: Oktoberfest. Older than Zs.
Ever been to “sucrerie” / “cabane à sucre” in #quebec / #canada ? Esti (oreilles de) crisse!
This #GenX prefers bar-seating when dining out solo on BizTrips for same!
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People read this BS and “buy it”, correct?
First that pic: Oktoberfest. Older than Zs.
Ever been to “sucrerie” / “cabane à sucre” in #quebec / #canada ? Esti (oreilles de) crisse!
This #GenX prefers bar-seating when dining out solo on BizTrips for same!
🤷♂️
Gen Z is bringing back one of the most divisive dining trends of the 2010s
Gen Z, driven by a desire for social connection, is bringing back a divisive dining trend: shared tables and communal dining.
www.businessinsider.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-dining...
People read this BS and “buy it”, correct?
First that pic: Oktoberfest. Older than Zs.
Ever been to “sucrerie” / “cabane à sucre” in #quebec / #canada ? Esti (oreilles de) crisse!
This #GenX prefers bar-seating when dining out solo on BizTrips for same!
🤷♂️
People read this BS and “buy it”, correct?
First that pic: Oktoberfest. Older than Zs.
Ever been to “sucrerie” / “cabane à sucre” in #quebec / #canada ? Esti (oreilles de) crisse!
This #GenX prefers bar-seating when dining out solo on BizTrips for same!
🤷♂️
I submit this image for your critique.
This image was taken from a travel related blog / news site.
This is AI generated garbage!
Worse: there is 0 mention that this site uses #AI for either word or image content.
Click on author link: yep admits to AI use but also notes lots of #journalism creds! 🤔
This image was taken from a travel related blog / news site.
This is AI generated garbage!
Worse: there is 0 mention that this site uses #AI for either word or image content.
Click on author link: yep admits to AI use but also notes lots of #journalism creds! 🤔
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I submit this image for your critique.
This image was taken from a travel related blog / news site.
This is AI generated garbage!
Worse: there is 0 mention that this site uses #AI for either word or image content.
Click on author link: yep admits to AI use but also notes lots of #journalism creds! 🤔
This image was taken from a travel related blog / news site.
This is AI generated garbage!
Worse: there is 0 mention that this site uses #AI for either word or image content.
Click on author link: yep admits to AI use but also notes lots of #journalism creds! 🤔
Hey @en.ottawa.ca :
Any chance that #ottawa draft budget can include a few $ toward improving traffic flow (and road safety!) with upgrading traffic lights to add turning signals for intersection of Terry Fox+Campeau in #kanata ?
What a mess!
Risky driver behaviours!
CC: @clarkekelly.bsky.social
Any chance that #ottawa draft budget can include a few $ toward improving traffic flow (and road safety!) with upgrading traffic lights to add turning signals for intersection of Terry Fox+Campeau in #kanata ?
What a mess!
Risky driver behaviours!
CC: @clarkekelly.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Hey @en.ottawa.ca :
Any chance that #ottawa draft budget can include a few $ toward improving traffic flow (and road safety!) with upgrading traffic lights to add turning signals for intersection of Terry Fox+Campeau in #kanata ?
What a mess!
Risky driver behaviours!
CC: @clarkekelly.bsky.social
Any chance that #ottawa draft budget can include a few $ toward improving traffic flow (and road safety!) with upgrading traffic lights to add turning signals for intersection of Terry Fox+Campeau in #kanata ?
What a mess!
Risky driver behaviours!
CC: @clarkekelly.bsky.social
Pothole Prevention Program in #ontario : www.nugget.ca/news/nipissi...
“set standards … while also promoting high-quality roadwork across the province“
Well maybe if the quality was there initially rather than just another construction job supporting contract it would be better!
Wrong prevention!
“set standards … while also promoting high-quality roadwork across the province“
Well maybe if the quality was there initially rather than just another construction job supporting contract it would be better!
Wrong prevention!
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.
www.nugget.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Pothole Prevention Program in #ontario : www.nugget.ca/news/nipissi...
“set standards … while also promoting high-quality roadwork across the province“
Well maybe if the quality was there initially rather than just another construction job supporting contract it would be better!
Wrong prevention!
“set standards … while also promoting high-quality roadwork across the province“
Well maybe if the quality was there initially rather than just another construction job supporting contract it would be better!
Wrong prevention!
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!
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!
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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!
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!
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!
Whether war or some other machismo flex, he will attempt to distract from this!
Sickening!
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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!
Whether war or some other machismo flex, he will attempt to distract from this!
Sickening!
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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?
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?
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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?
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?
When politicians make it about themselves while posing for Nov 11 related ceremonies in their local communities, it really shows their own character.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
When politicians make it about themselves while posing for Nov 11 related ceremonies in their local communities, it really shows their own character.
Bringing order to chaos … dramatic, huh??!!
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November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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I understand the purpose and protocols for half-masting.
However, I wonder if it would be more impactful on this day of honour and remembrance to full-mast other flags of Indigenous peoples to make it clear for all to reflect on the significance of this day.
However, I wonder if it would be more impactful on this day of honour and remembrance to full-mast other flags of Indigenous peoples to make it clear for all to reflect on the significance of this day.
Today, November 8, is Indigenous Veterans Day.
We honour and remember the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Veterans who have served with courage and distinction in Canada’s military.
To mark this day of reflection and recognition, flags at #OttCity Hall will be lowered to half-mast.
We honour and remember the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Veterans who have served with courage and distinction in Canada’s military.
To mark this day of reflection and recognition, flags at #OttCity Hall will be lowered to half-mast.
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I understand the purpose and protocols for half-masting.
However, I wonder if it would be more impactful on this day of honour and remembrance to full-mast other flags of Indigenous peoples to make it clear for all to reflect on the significance of this day.
However, I wonder if it would be more impactful on this day of honour and remembrance to full-mast other flags of Indigenous peoples to make it clear for all to reflect on the significance of this day.