And this is why I hate law and politics. Rather than about learning and prevention of accidents it's about how much revenge you can get out of the intentionally vague text called law.

Just think about it. According to your logic the world would be better if 5 people slip on the sidewalk and the owner of the sidewalk burns in hell.

I asked him a simple question, not to rant for 15 minutes straight.

He got extremely worked up over a simple question is the point I was trying to make.

>Slipping and falling could cause a life-changing injury that no amount of money can undo,

Which is easily prevented in a number of ways in the middle of a Canadian winter.

Like preparing for a coming storm by buying what you need to survive it beforehand, or wearing ice grips on your shoes if you insist on venturing out into what is sure to be a slippy-step every 10 feet or so.

Further reading about slips and falling on ice in Canada if you're interested [0]

[0] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/legal-pointers-on-sl...