u/Left_Click_5068

To clarify, this title is not intended to be seen as passive aggression. I'm simply interested in whatever decisions are made.

I know what you're thinking:

Why on earth would the Iroquois be a dev priority in the midst of current EU5 discourse?

To get to the point, the issue is that the Haudenosaunee are currently programmed without the existence of surrounding tribes- and the relationship they historically had with them is the very origin story of New France itself.

While playing around with console commands to make SoPs playable tribal tags, I've noticed that the current AI behavior of the Haudenosaunee is to quickly swell to 22-32 members- which I have lovingly dubbed Turtle Island NATO.

This occurs both pre and post-1.2.

In real life, the Iroquois did not expand to double digit membership for two significant reasons-

1. They were actively at war with a good deal of the SoP AIs that join them.

2. Most importantly, the Haudenosaunee democratic system was thorough and mechanically “chunky” by intentional design.

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy was a beautiful Swiss watch of a government, and historically accurate gameplay should make it feel very precarious to add new parts to the system.

This is all significant because Tinto has already announced a French flavor-focussed DLC before the end of this year, and the current lack of in-depth Iroquois governing mechanics, other playable tags in the area, and AI to balance the two together makes the single most important historical event for New France impossible to replicate.

I'm very curious to see how this issue is approached.

Side note: The Haudenosaunee Confederacy still exists. I wonder if the devs have considered collaborating with them to develop content together.

To MP Ben Carr,

Let me get straight to the point:

I really like the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport.

To clarify, I am one of the rare individuals that proudly likes airports in general. Airports are the literal embodiment of a transitional space, and this weirdness about them becomes very apparent the moment you remove the airplanes from them. Sure, I'm in Calgary drinking a margarita at Chili's at 9 in the morning; but am I really in Calgary, and is it really even 9 in the morning? For who is it 9 AM? The me that departed on this trip? The me that will arrive at my destination? It is neither 9 AM where I am from or where I am going. This isn't even mentioning the fact that the environment I now find myself surrounded by shares absolutely no characteristic with the city of Calgary. On a short trip to Vancouver, I must first enter a physical building that serves as a pocket dimension outside of space and time. Airports feel completely detached from the city of their origin because they are embassies for the nation of Those On A Journey. Put less romantically, airports don't feel like they belong somewhere because airports belong to everyone.

Airports are where some of your earliest "great" memories are made; where your mom and dad made sure you had your boarding pass and passport ready. My wife and I went through airports recently when we went to Guyana this last spring break to see her extended family whom she had not seen in 13 years. Airports are what you pass through as you race across the country to see if you can say goodbye to someone you love before they die.

For 90% of Canadians, airports are for when it matters.

I misspoke.

I really, really like the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport.

I love how small it is and how efficiently it is designed. It is a straight line, on which it would be impossible to not find your gate. I love its natural lighting during the day, and I love how inviting it feels once past security as if you are simply walking to your bus station on your daily commute. I love how humble the arrival floor is. It's not trying to kick you out the door the moment you touch down- it's letting you breathe and hug those you missed for a brief moment. I, like many, love our airport because it's perfect. We love it because it's human, and because its purpose extends past mere profit.

Privatization of Winnipeg's airport won't make it more perfect. It will only introduce corporate greed and surcharges into the rawest, most intimate chapters of our lives in an effort to make quick cash.

I hope that when your government goes to vote on it that you vote against the privatization of Winnipeg's airport, and keep it the pride of our city it already is.

For your consideration,

• A Winnipegger You Represent