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He said the Corolla changed lanes in a dangerous manner, maneuvered its way in front of his truck, and then abruptly tapped the brakes so the truck driver was unable to avoid hitting his car.

Even though it was a light collision, he put his signal on to pull onto the shoulder, and the Corolla slowed way down and then pulled behind the truck on the shoulder, and a moment later ran into the back of the Purolator trailer.

When the truck driver got out and walked back toward the car, he could see the Corolla was fully engulfed in flames.

The driver of the vehicle was standing outside the car, and that's when the motorist started to pull up to help.

He clearly considered Patsy to be disposable, but why that disposal was so intricate is truly a mystery.

In an odd twist, it turns out that the truck Habtiyab decided to drive into might have been targeted.

Habtiyab had been employed by Purolator Trucks from May 1998 until sometime in mid-2000.

Detective Constable Kelly told me in an email about Habtieb's time at Purolator, quote, To put it more accurately, he occasionally worked but mostly tried to get paid not to.

So I'm okay with the running fast thing.

And worked two jobs to get through college at Purolator Courier at the time, which was bought by FedEx of midnight to 4 a.m., load trucks out on the airport, driving a tug.

And then 6 a.m. to noon, work at Sears Distribution Center, two jobs, and then go take classes from 1 to 5 a.m. and run that cycle again and again and again to get through college.

Because of that, then EDS called and I interviewed with them and got on at EDS as a systems engineer in Columbus, Ohio.

So that's one example.

And another letter here from Richard, our local Purolator delivery trucks, at least in the West end of Ottawa are all electric.

At least I never see any gas powered ones in my neighborhood.

So that's good news.

She just had big hair.

You wouldn't even tell she was in costume if it weren't for me, but I was in like a Purolator outfit with shorts.

Okay.

Which is what he is in the intro.

Our members work across a wide range of sectors.

They include transportation workers at Canada Post, Purolator and the Bank of Canada, workers at airports, sports and marine services, employees in museums and the arts, and administrators, teachers, healthcare workers, firefighters, and early childhood educators in First Nations communities.

Across the North, our members work in municipalities, universities, hospitals, energy, housing, transportation, and social services.

These are the workers who provide essential services local economics, and keep communities running across Canada.

That influences the end deliver, you know, square meter or square foot three PL charges that you're gonna be charged and the mileage that you're gonna be charged to move your goods around to their end destination.

And even if you just ship with DHL or FedEx or Canada Post or Purolator or any one of those, they are changing rates because of the cost of diesel is impacting their cost, the cost of aviation fuel, et cetera.

So all of these things are occurring, and so you are operating your business in a world of uncertainty.

This uncertainty and disruption is generated by a number of things that are beyond your control, but they impact your business.

We were, uh, buying from artists all over Inuit territories, from Greenland to Alaska to the Western Arctic, all being brought into Iqaluit.

And, you know, FedEx and all those, Purolator, those courier companies do great ads for reaching everywhere in the world, but th- they don't get 24-hour service in all communities.

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There's no FedEx by Ski-Doo, is it?

From significant investments to environmental transformation, In changes to fleet operations, alternative fuels, and renewable energy, this is much more than an individual sustainability initiative.

ESG was also embedded into Purolator's governance framework, including board committee charters, performance monitoring, and accountability.

Today, we want to go behind the award and hear more about that journey, where it started, and how the board and leadership became involved, the role the governance professional played, and what PeerLator has learned along the way.

Joining us today, we have Roman Lalich, Director and Assistant Corporate Secretary of PeerLator.

And so for us, the award really reinforced that strong ESG outcomes and strong governance go hand in hand.

And so personally, I thought it was rewarding to see governance recognized as an important enabler of the organization's broader sustainability ambitions.

And so, you know, when I think of it kind of in summary, it's the award, you know, recognize not only what Purolator was doing in sustainability, but also the governance infrastructure we had built around it to make those commitments durable, but also accountable.

Okay.