Roch Bourassa
rochbourassa.bsky.social
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
anyway that we can get proper traffic lights with pedestrian advanced signals, longer left-turn signals and maybe some coordination with adjacent intersections for the following intersections in #ottawa:
Campeau and Terry Fox in #kanata
Riverside and Hunt Club (northbound Riverside to westbound HC)🤞
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In the “Before Times” always appreciated the sidewalk “sculptures “ that the City created by simply ignoring the benefit to all for having cleared sidewalks

By sculptures I mean random piles of snow allowed to harden and narrow use of sidewalks.
Both Elgin and Albert taking top prizes back then!
December 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
or how about...ask another actual person/parent that has gone through this such-novel experience in life.

like come on: is he just being a consummate salesperson afraid of the investors thinking that he would not trust the AI with his child's well-being 🤔
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Disturbing that I read that in the tone and cadence oft heard from PP.

Must now go meditate and purge that ear-worm!
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
😂 “chat with your button about how it feels to be a button“
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
made me look!
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
you know another "high-risk driving behaviour"? Speeding!

you know what contributes to changing people's behaviour (reactively though!)? Automated speed enforcement cameras!

you know who doesn't believe that? Yep, a guy called 'Doug'!
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ah but Tech Savants (aka Snake-oil sales people!) will turn this around and sell you on the benefits that AI will save you so much time and make you so much more productive that you will in fact have more time to learn how to sew that effing button back on that crappy shirt made using AI machines 🤬
December 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I think that the answer lies somewhere in that fortune's numbers: 42!
Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

Now what's the question??!!
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
been a while but in no particular order:
Carleton
Preston
Chateau Lafayette
Elmdale
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"defining "affordable" is critical": Yes!

Too many people (incl. politicians at all levels) throw term around with few challenging them to define it!

No more political-bromide on this topic unless it is easy to understand.
Local candidates in #ottawa : be ready to answer that in next election!
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
As you noted “This was a scurrilous ad hominem attack on the integrity of City Council colleagues”.

Bringing up the past on a matter of political integrity was entirely fair play on Troster’s part.

Ugly week in #ottpoli : yep.
Integrity-point awarded to Troster: yep!
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Over here, more so for the late-daylight visits by the very skittish Cardinals…they are usually the last to visit/feed
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
As QC is in play, will #canada throw away agricultural supply management during trade negotiations in exchange for economic benefits (if any) related to this portion of the new defence strategy?
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Wow! “Mixed reactions”
Then it must be the correct solution to proceed with.

Placate one group as expense of another; piss off same group for benefit of other!
Or…perfect is the enemy of good!
Just do something!
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#ottawa must not be bamboozled into forgetting what corruption looks like.

Aside from this: OPS must focus and deliver on core policing. IMHO acting as a flag person at a construction site is not core to their training and professionalism. Might be peanuts in the budget but it’s a start!
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
☮️ Gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
Master class in trolling the Petulant President
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When you let the fox enter the hen-house, what do think will happen?

Fox: we can open the fence right here so that I can access the farm safely, avoid injuries, and be able to chase away the Rats more easily and protect the eggs.
Fox: Must have been the Hawk that got that chicken! 🤥
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Who chooses these totally random, unrelated pics to actual news article?

Got hacked?
Get a hug! and cheering!

Not a fan of his...but Jivani's photo would have been best for this incident's article.

Be pissed! And direct some of that pissi-ness to those who held your PI in-trust (or lack thereof!)
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM