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Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. And while – like many families – I celebrated the occasion yesterday, I just wanted to take a few minutes and reflect upon what is perhaps my favourite holiday of them all.

The beauty of Thanksgiving is this: No gifts, no fuss, no worship. Just a big meal with friends and family. The biggest worry is making sure you’ve got enough gravy – because there’s never enough.

And strangely, in my hometown of Toronto, the weather’s always perfect on Thanksgiving weekend. No different this year.

For me Thanksgiving is about recognizing that we’re all in this boat together. We sink together, we swim together. That’s what society and civilization is all about. Cities, too.

So while we may like to argue, debate and sometimes even antagonize one another when we quarrel over the merits of this piece of policy or that type of transit technology, at the end of the day we all just want the same thing:

A safe, efficient and beautiful place to exist where we’re allowed the freedom to live our lives as we see fit.

For that, I’m thankful.