When nature calls on a weekday, don’t count on using the purple porta-potties you see along two National Capital Commission parkways. The portable washrooms along the Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Etienne Cartier parkways will be padlocked in your moment of need because they’re only open on weekends, the NCC says.
Meanwhile padlocked toilets on other paths are only for staff, it says, which would be indicated by signage. No signs were visible at the Blair Road boat launch when cyclist Doris Schoeni came upon a padlocked portable toilet.
“What’s the use of having one if it’s locked? … Then we just have to go in the bush, I guess, or hold it until we’re home again,” Schoeni said. “Do they really think during COVID times the bathrooms are not being used?”
The toilets along the two parkways are only open on weekends and they are considered a safety hazard during the week because they’re too close to the road when vehicles zoom by, the NCC said. (Matthew Kupfer; CBC News)
You gotta shake your head and roll your eyeballs at the decision making of bureaucrats! Safety hazard??!! Are they scared a user will rush out of the porta-potty to escape the stink and run headlong into traffic? Or perhaps a distracted driver will veer off the road and smash into one! Oh. Here’s another thought. I bet the ‘Sir John A. Macdonald parkway’ will be renamed within one year. You can’t have commuters driving on a road named after this murderous, evil man. Look at what’s happened in Toronto, with council voting to rename Dundas Street in a bid to promote inclusion of marginalized communities. That last phrase is not mine, read it in an article. Promote marginalized communities??!! How about promoting clean drinking water on the reserves!! I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this country’s leaders anymore. What the hell are we dong to this great nation? Fracturing it, that’s what! Have a great pandemic day y’all!
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