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When Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Supervisor Merv Beckstead stepped down from his position late last month, he more or less fulfilled his mandate. Now, it’s up to his replacement to handle diplomatic damage control.
An examination of the fine print reveals a more accurate slogan would be “Blood: it’s in (most of) you to give.”
Chris Davies of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) contends there “was never any intent on our part to shut down the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre”.
In fact, the MNR carried out a very deliberate campaign to shut down the Wildlife Centre, which will leave area residents without any help for orphaned or injured wildlife this spring.
According to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, voluntary action is “done, acting, or able to act of one’s free will — not prompted by promise or threat.”