Tuesday, February 4, 2025
I first met Tom at Transport Canada countless years ago as we worked on related files. I recall the first time we met as being particularly frustrating, but the reason escapes me. Although he has been retired for a good while, to this day we still refer to Tom's approaches and his particular way to rationalize why we should do things in such a way, the right way. He was hard to argue against because he was usually quite right, but it was fun, especially when things digressed sometimes quickly. I still remember his humour. I still chuckle when I recall the occasion that he fielded a phone call related to his work, and after a while the person shared that they worked as a clown. The two chatted and got along quite well between laughs. At the end of the day he cared about the consequences of his efforts in a manner that shaped my own approach to issues during my own career. Like a previous message on this wall said.... The world needs more Toms.
