Product, @LinkedIn | Co-founder @PaddleHR & @opendemocracyCA | SF, formerly Toronto & #hamont | #WesternU alum
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Pat Whelan retweeted
Trudeau expected to announce resignation before national caucus meeting Wednesday - The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/politics…
Pat Whelan retweeted
Jesus H Christ:
- 36% of young (18-34) Canadian men would vote for Trump over Harris.
- 44% of Conservatives would.
- 48% of Conservative men (vs 31% who would vote for Harris).
Today. Not in 2016, when they might not have understood fully what he was about. But now, after all that he has said and done since, including this horrific election campaign. In Canada.
Canadian support for Donald Trump higher than in last U.S. presidential election, poll finds theglobeandmail.com/politics…
Pat Whelan retweeted
There is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy. Although we don’t yet know exactly what happened, we should all be relieved that former President Trump wasn’t seriously hurt, and use this moment to recommit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics. Michelle and I are wishing him a quick recovery.
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To whomever loses the next American election, take note: this is how it's done in a responsible democracy. youtube.com/watch?v=NuHCOsu0… #UKElection2024 #UKElections2024
Pat Whelan retweeted
In grad school, I worked part time at @lululemon (retail, not corporate).
I learned more about business from that part time job folding & selling yoga pants than any other job I had. ❤️
Here’s what they did differently:
Pat Whelan retweeted
This is something: an article in the Journal of Pediatric Medicine makes the case that the rise in anxiety and depression in children and youth is linked to the severe (and relatively recent) curtailing of independence.
Roaming, making choices, getting into a little trouble, it turns out, is a necessary part of growing up. When you take this away, children become unable to navigate the ebbs and flows of the real world. I made this argument in my TED talk a decade ago about the importance of walking to school - arguing that walking to school is not frivolous, but rather critical, to childhood.
Another blow against cities designed for driving.
“Our thesis is that a primary cause of the rise in mental disorders is a decline over decades in opportunities for children and teens to play, roam, and engage in other activities independent of direct oversight and control by adults.”
jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476…
Pat Whelan retweeted
CaféTO patios make our neighbourhoods more vibrant places for residents, and they allow small businesses to scale up their operations, welcome more guests and hire more staff.
Today, we announced three changes for 2024. 1/5
Pat Whelan retweeted
Tic Tacs are 94% sugar and yet claim to be sugar free…
The FDA says anything can be labeled sugar free if it has <0.5g of sugar, so each tic tac is 0.49g and they can claim they have 0 sugar on the label – at San Francisco, CA
Pat Whelan retweeted
Net Trust In (X):
Weather network: +62%
CTV: +55%
Global: +53%
CBC: +51%
BBC: +42%
Globe: +40%
Canadian Press: +38%
National Post: +30%
CNN: +29%
Macleans: +28%
Toronto Star: +26%
Sun papers: +4%
Western Standard: -2%
Beaverton: -5%
Rebel media: -8%
Fox: -27%
- Pollara -
Pat Whelan retweeted
"Are you proud to be a Canadian?"
All:
Yes: 81%
No: 16%
Those who say yes among:
LPC: 97%
NDP: 87%
GPC: 83%
CPC: 76%
BQ: 60%
PPC: 45%
Leger / June 25, 2023 / n=1512 / Online
Pat Whelan retweeted
Perfect example of what too much bureaucracy looks like in real time. The culture at City Hall needs to change. Doing good things for the city should not be a fight.
2022: successful popular restaurant patio
2023: too close to the curb of a signalized intersection
Pat Whelan retweeted
Once you wipe the dust from your screen, the remaining blue dot is ... us. Our Earth, seen from Saturn by @NASA's Cassini. Wave!
Pat Whelan retweeted
Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian bard, wrote the tune for a nation’s identity theglobeandmail.com/arts/mus…
