SarahAnsonCartwright
@SarahOttawa
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Policy wonk & public affairs practitioner, with an eye on climate, the economy & city life.
Ottawa, Canada
Joined July 2013
Join me next week at Rockcliffe Park to talk #RunLikeAGirl––about leading, learning, pushing for change & more! 📍Rockcliffe Park Community Hall 🗓️ Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. Thanks @SarahOttawa for this thoughtful article on my book. Learn more 👉 https://t.co/w5ydXdi7Go
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Ottawa’s ceremonial route is being tagged for a luxury apartment development by the NCC. Read why they should reconsider. @NCC_CCN @tobi_nussbaum @MGaudreaultHull @MonaFortier @JoelLightbound
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Lansdowne 1.0 was a disaster for subcontractors. A caution for 2.0, City of Ottawa: Lifting Lansdowne's veil: Lawsuits tell story of escalating costs, unpaid bills, business https://t.co/BYxjuD1IIa
ottawacitizen.com
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Lansdowne 1.0 was a disaster for subcontractors - SMEs suffered, had to lay off staff, went bankrupt. Yet @ottawacity continues to pay this partner with public funds. Where is the accountability to be better via procurement? @oagottawa @natgougeon 1/2
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A must-read on the invaluable role of public libraries to communities, by @picardonhealth In any town or city, a library is the most welcoming public space, with key services for anyone & everyone
globe2go.pressreader.com
‘The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.” Albert Einstein spoke these words almost a century ago, but they are as true as ever. While Einstein was primarily...
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“No one gets a pass… Nothing is more important than tackling climate change …(but) you have to do the work.” @cathmckenna pulls no punches speaking at @Canada2020 She doesn’t want Canada to miss the opportunities — a great advocate for the future we need.
Looking forward to speaking at @Canada2020 today. A lot to say about climate, net zero, pricing & affordability. See you there!
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Congrats @GregFergus ! Always affable and good to deal with - and now you’ll have a good deal to cope with in your affable way.
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Well said! This is the Ottawa so many of us want -- more welcoming for people and bikes. Bravo @NSaravanamuttoo and others for organizing #CriticalMass Ottawa
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Unbelievable that Canada hasn't yet banned assault-style firearms. Yet how many people assume this promise was actually delivered? Time to fix Bill C-21.
While #C21 contains important measures, it doesn’t deliver on @JustinTrudeau’s repeated election promises to ban assault-style firearms. By finally delivering on #ban, @liberal_party can improve the public’s assessment of gov & pm’s leadership
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“Telling stories of our climate futures is essential to thinking through the net-zero choices of today.”
theconversation.com
The power of storytelling to help inform our decisions is underappreciated and of vital importance in envisioning a better future, and the steps to take to get us there.
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THIS. Cornel West will shake up the rhetoric with some hard truths https://t.co/CcSocq0cXu
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If you're going to raise your hand & say you're a climate leader, you need to do the work. In Canada, too many businesses - especially oil and gas & banks - say they're committed to #netzero but aren't doing the minimum that is clearly required. Huge risks & missed opportunities.
I was pretty blunt at @GlblCtzn about how we need business to be real on #netzero - and held accountable. We need to ensure that everyone who cares about climate can reward the leaders by choosing to work for them, buy from them, invest w/ them. That's why clear standards matter.
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Free little library, international style. Spotted in Salema, Portugal. Sharing books & love of reading.
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Reliable & convenient public transit adds so much to quality of life in a city. Hopped on & off these convenient trams/trolleys in Lisbon - day and night!
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Ridiculed, not feted for setting a world record in 1967 at age 13. Run like a girl, indeed! @globeandmail
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❝Journalists face real danger in doing their jobs.❞ On #WorldPressFreedomDay, award-winning broadcast journalist @iamkarendavila emphasizes the importance of creating safe spaces for journalists.
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When one thinks of a ban, one expects it to apply across the board. Now & in future. This is *not* that ban. Those weapons will continue to be out there. People will continue to harm & kill others with them. Government failed here and failed Canadians. That is sad & wrong.
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Canada will not be banning assault-style weapons that are currently available. “It’s a betrayal,” says @Polysesouvient about government amendments to Bill C-21. Those changes mean a ban will only apply to future guns, after the bill becomes law. 1/2
Justin Trudeau not welcome at memorials after reneging on promises, gun-control group says
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Gordon Lightfoot’s music will live on. It is a pure Canadian gift! Yet the man and musician shall be missed. So glad to have seen him here last September.
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