One bite at a time is how you eat an elephant.
That’s according to city councillor-elect Ron Cannan who topped the polls in Saturday’s civic election.
Cannan, of course, is paraphrasing South African human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu, who once wisely quipped: There is only one way to eat an elephant: A bite at a time.
While Tutu was referring to gradually dismantling the daunting apartheid system in South Africa, Cannan is citing Kelowna’s metaphorical elephant — the intertwined mess the city has with crime, addiction, mental health and homelessness.
“All our challenges cannot be solved all at once,” said Cannan, who served two terms on council previously, 1996-2005.
“It will be like eating an elephant. You have to do it one bite at a time.”
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