tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post8539655353363043262..comments2024-03-26T20:31:26.349-04:00Comments on Simon St. Laurent, Squibber: Missing Life PreservationSimon St. Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-23061354609906212852018-05-21T12:51:06.896-04:002018-05-21T12:51:06.896-04:00Truly tragic; in the classical sense, as was the d...Truly tragic; in the classical sense, as was the death of Jeremiah Perry, the 15-year-old student who drowned while swimming, on a school-run camping trip in Algonquin park in July of 2017.<br />Training in water survival skills should be mandatory in Canada. For children absolutely, but also those no longer children, who have managed to land on our shores lacking basic swimming skills. Perhaps folks should be required to produce documentation of R.L.S.S.C (Royal Life Saving Society Canada) bronze medallion certification, before renting/purchasing watercraft, participating in activities on or near water, buying properties with pools, ponds or bodies of water nearby, etc. Deaths from drowning in circumstances such as these are completely, 100% preventable.DonaldARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03485798417653259977noreply@blogger.com