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Brent Toderian

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Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · 2d ago

If you haven’t watched this before, you should. The brilliant Carl Sagan testifying before the United States Congress in 1985 on #ClimateChange.

We should have listened then. Will we now?

Climate change isn’t an on & off switch. It’s an exponential dial. https://youtu.be/Wp-WiNXH6hI?si=pWQ4VgYpSkA9NQx5

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · 5d ago

PARIS: The city’s transition away from the car has become a global role model. Under mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris was “the most influential city in the world”, says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: “The bike beat the car.”

Good luck in tomorrow’s election, Emmanuel Grégoire @egregoire@cuicui.senpaga.net. The most important mayoral election in the world. #VOTE #Paris https://www.ft.com/content/882ebf59-d14a-4d4c-beb7-af72df31a4f3

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Mar 09, 2026

How about those spiking gas prices?

Brutal.

You know what really costs us all a lot?

Car dependency.

#UrbanTruth

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Mar 08, 2026

“Conspiracy theories about globalist cabals, climate hoaxes and election fraud may seem ubiquitous on social media. But a report has found that they come from a tiny minority of users…just 100 users were responsible for almost 70% of online conspiracy posts…” #UrbanTruth
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/news/conspiracy-content-report-canada

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Mar 03, 2026

Refusing to build supportive housing for those who would otherwise be homeless means more unhoused people living on our streets and in our parks, AND much higher public costs paid by all of us. It’s as simple as that. #UrbanTruth

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Mar 03, 2026

Refusing to building supportive housing for those who would otherwise be homeless means more people homeless in our streets and parks, AND higher public costs for all of us. It’s as simple as that. #UrbanTruth

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Mar 01, 2026

WATCH/LISTEN: This is an EXCEPTIONALLY good break-down (& entertaining conversation) of the history & insanity of the attacks on the “15-Minute City,” aka the simple idea of HAVING MORE THINGS NEARBY. By @iandunt@toot.community & Dorian Lynskey of #OriginStory. HT to @TheWarOnCars@mastodon.social https://youtu.be/nDb66pFyO_o?si=Icz3jPwA0XMGb-na

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

mastodon.online
Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Mar 01, 2026
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.” https://www.politico.eu/article/helsinki-no-traffic-death-roads-eu-accident-finland-driving-transport/
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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

mastodon.online
Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Feb 26, 2026

This is it, right here, right now. The whole game.

All his voter suppression, gerrymandering, and other election cheating has led to this.

If Trump takes over elections, it’s game over for democracy in the United States.

If the people aren’t willing to shut down the country over this, it’s over.

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Feb 25, 2026

LISTEN:

- Vancouver city-building

- Livable downtowns

- Designing for kids

- Rethinking regulation

- “Urban Costcos”

- Fixing city planning

- Less boring communication!

- Marketing/branding planning

- AND the BIG SCOOP on the Urban Truth Collective.

My new The War On Cars interview! @TheWarOnCars@mastodon.social https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-war-on-cars/id1437755068?i=1000751177717

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

mastodon.online
Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Feb 24, 2026

NEW THIS WEEK: We’ve officially launched the URBAN TRUTH COLLECTIVE, to tell the truth more persuasively about better cities, and unapologetically call out the lies and liars! Explore our new website https://www.urbantruthcollective.com/about-1 and please help us spread the word! #UrbanTruth

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Feb 23, 2026

Me when someone proposes a painted bike-lane

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Feb 23, 2026
A good thing to remember every time you’re thinking about supporting US businesses or tourism, Canada.
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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Feb 23, 2026

“The effort to quiet Paris complements the wider campaign to make Paris greener, cleaner & less car-dependent, which include vehicle restrictions in the center, crackdowns on polluting vehicles, & an ambitious expansion of bike networks. Those have cut the city’s average noise level by 2 decibels.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-04-27/how-paris-is-waging-a-war-on-noise-pollution

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

mastodon.online
Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Feb 19, 2026

“No matter how often Trump insists his tariffs are taxing foreigners to enrich the U.S., economic studies keep showing that Americans actually pay the bill. In an analysis on the bank’s website, researchers write that “nearly 90% of the tariffs’ economic burden fell on U.S. firms & consumers.”
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-consumers-new-york-federal-reserve-study-95bed1bc

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Feb 18, 2026

RE: @BrentToderian@mastodon.online

If you’re in Surrey BC or close by in Metro Vancouver THIS WEEK, and interested in the important & exciting transformation of “new suburban downtowns” into real, successful urban places, register asap for one of the last spots for my talk this week. Free, and you don’t need to be a member.

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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Feb 02, 2026
I’m still not sure if enough Americans fully understand how hard it is for the rest of us to continually see polls showing “how unpopular Trump is” when he’s still ridiculously and shockingly more popular than he should be in any sane nation.
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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Feb 01, 2026
The most interesting thing about Pierre Poilievre surviving the Conservative Party of Canada leadership review, after losing a staggering poll lead and his own seat and having to be gifted one of the safest seats in Canada, is that he STILL REFUSES to submit to the completely normal security check.
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Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Jan 05, 2026
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people. https://thebetter.news/housing-first-finland-homelessness/
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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

mastodon.online
Brent Toderian
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian@mastodon.online

Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of the Council For Canadian Urbanism. International writer, speaker & media.

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@BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Jan 19, 2023

“Cars can be convenient, but they are also incredibly costly, both to owners and society in general. New research has calculated that the lifetime cost of a SMALL car—such as an Opel Corsa—is about $689,000, of which society pays $275,000.” — @carltonreid@urbanists.social in Forbes.

And the real cost to all of us is a lot more than that.

#cities #urbanism #cars

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2022/02/04/lifetime-cost-of-small-car-689000-society-subsidises-this-ownership-with-275000/

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