Absolutely! Don’t get me wrong, it can always be better and we def need to create more green spaces east and west, and develop green corridors in between. But declaring SJ the worst in the country based on two random data points with apparently zero context is irresponsible journalism imo.

Oops, i missed rainbow park too. Ironically this article focuses on the neighbourhood that has the best access to a broad suite of parks in the city! It just screams wrong to me.

And here’s the article ICYMI 🙂

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

From what i can tell the reporter’s assessment is based on one long form census question and one city data point, which does not a fulsome study make! There’s a reason why research and journalism are considered two different disciplines and i feel very strongly this article demonstrates exactly why!

Did you read the written article?

I’ve been stewing about that “article” since it went online! Not solid journalism imo. At the very least an insult to civil planners and researchers.

… And a million other critical questions neither she nor her editor bothered to ask before publishing. Supposedly the south end peninsula has no parks? Tin can beach, Queen square, king square, loyalist burial ground, fort Latour, and chown field don’t count??

Ummm… that piece is based on one reporter looking at one question from the long form census. How many respondents? How did they interpret “park or green space”? What form of transportation did they consider when answering? …

Because we only think about it when we pay the bill, when we should be thinking about it every time we take out the garbage, turn on the faucet, travel safe roads, go to the hospital, etc, etc. 😁