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I'm wondering, I would consider the strategy in Montreal for pedestrian streets to be a infrastructure that creates for social and cultural good.

I just attended my amazing neighborhood of NDG, Imagine Monkland, which was a street fair, very well organized, a wonderful way to meet the different businesses that are all along Monkland.

And With music and kids games and all sorts of other things, they're strengthening a community fabric at the same time as they're creating easy contexts for these businesses to interact with the general public.

And we're invited to IDA, the International Downtown Association, which is having their They're North American convening in Toronto this year, yay Canada.

Yeah.

What's interesting about that draft for me is very memorable because, um, I was actually at Nextdoor Pub, which is in NDG.

Yeah.

On Sherbrooke.

I ask, what happens when the beast seeks-- ceases to be, uh, even-tempered and does a whole lot more than just twitch and grunt? That's the situation we're in right now, and the question is: how do you expect Ottawa and perhaps provincial governments as well, we just heard from the Premier of, uh, Canada's biggest province, how do you expect governments across Canada to respond? How do you want them to protect you? Are you ready to go to war? Are, are you in a fighting mood, or do you prefer a more diplomatic or conciliatory approach? Please let me know on our call and text line at 514-790-0800.

Very quickly, we have a text message already from Mark in NDG.

During the Big Five, he says, "Hi, Akil.

I do sincerely think that Trump truly does love the people of Canada." This is in responding to, uh, Trump's, [laughs] uh, uh, Truth Social post claiming that he loves, uh, the Quebecers and the French language.

He says, uh, Mark from NDG says, "I do sincerely think that Trump truly does love the people of Canada and Quebec as he loves Americans, as you can see in his interactions and rallies with ordinary citizens.

He just has contempt for politicians, especially career politicians." I have to disagree with you on that, Mark.

Uh, I think Trump loves whoever l-loves or pretends to love him.

They claim they don't need us for anything.

Let's show them how much they need us." Uh, but, uh, at the same time, we're hearing from some other, uh, texters that, uh, uh, such as Mark in NDG, that Canadians can't feed themselves.

That's typical Canadian elitism.

We can't, uh, uh, rely on expensive dairy to protect a, a relic of yesterday.

I don't know what the figures are and what percentage of Canadians drink, but that's, uh, that's food for thought.

Thanks so much for sharing.

Uh, Alex from NDG, what say you on this subject?

Good morning.