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<p>The RBG inquest was specific to RBG and does not include a mandate for municipalities, conservation authorities, parks and institutions managing large populations of trees. A plan text reading of the <em>Verdict for Coroner's Jury</em> and the <em>Verdict Explanation</em> does not indicate any recommendations that are to be applied outside of the RBG.</p>
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<p>18 recommendations were made by the Jury and commented on by Dr. Wolski, the Coroner for Ontario. These were largely implemented by RBG and Ian Bruce.</p>
<p>Reading the documents one must be very careful to interpret the language, specifically risk; ISO 31000 defines risk as "the effect of uncertainty on objectives" while risk is used to indicate likelihood of failure, danger, unsafe, hazard etc. in common language usage.<span style="color: #001d35; font-family: Google Sans, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong> </strong></span></span></p>
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<p>Michael</p>
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<p id="reply-intro">On 2025-09-11 10:17, Donald Cameron via CANUFNET wrote:</p>
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