On Good and Bad Government

I have another entry in the works, but I wanted to comment on a few things in the mean time.

First anyone who rides along the lakeshore in the city must know about the disaster that is the new bike trail running from Coronation Park to Marilyn Bell Park. Holy smokes? What was the idiot who designed that trail thinking? First there needs to be a clearly marked separate trail for pedestrians and joggers. Second this trail is too narrow. Third there are far too many traffic stops. The old route had problems, but compared with this route, well this route sucks. Who signed off on this thing before work was started? Were any cyclists consulted? The designers of this trail, the cyclists consulted, the politicians who approved of this thing, must all be about the most oblivious people on earth. What a sad waste.

On the other hand, I found the following video on YouTube, well actually the Globe and Mail found it and wrote an article about it. It is a thoroughly Canadian video, it is made by policy wonks, its boring, there is no yelling, no breaking things, no swearing and makes me proud to be Canadian.