City council spars over age, diversity
A spat at city council followed Marvin Rotrand’s motion for more diversity when Cathy Wong pointed out how many terms Rotrand had taken a seat and wasn’t it time for him to make room for younger people?
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qatzelok 11:20 on 2020-11-19 Permalink
Dinosaur: “It’s high time for more species diversity!”
Chris 13:49 on 2020-11-19 Permalink
Ageism. The last politically acceptable ism.
Ant6n 20:50 on 2020-11-20 Permalink
I recently saw a tweet from him where he pointed out the first time he was elected, the anniversary had come up. And it was like 1980 or something ridiculous like that. Doesn’t matter if he’s old, but like, after decades, it does seem rather stagnant. And the guy doesn’t seem to do anything useful. Just keeps complaining about his pet peeves.
Michael Black 21:50 on 2020-11-20 Permalink
It was 1982, I remember being at some event when he was campaigning. Something about turning his pamphlets into origami.
People are pointing out that he’s one of only 2 Jewish councillors, and anglophone, which is diversity, if not visible.
Most councillors don’t get much visibility after election, Marvin keeps getting mentioned. As opposition, he has limited power, but maybe he gets some balance in decision making.
He was of course on the transit board for a long time, and terminated not quit. I don’t like his campaign for Louis Riel’s pardon, but he has been bringing proposals which seem a bit different from the mass.
Maybe he should retire, maybe he will (I thought I saw a story about that, but didn’t notice the date) but he seems to be the one leading this motion for diversity.
It’s not perfect, but he is trying.