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Icy hurdles. i got to ask, do you have special equipment for this? >> we've got slip-on boots. we do have our boots in the rain -- sorry, when it gets icy, with spikes on them. and then give us also slip-on spikes for when it's icy. >> any sort of city ordinance that you have to shovel or -- they're not penalized financially? >> no, nothing like that. >> any injuries in the line of duty? >> i've had several like tumbles. one incident i was off for two months. i thought i broke my ankle. >> what's the most perilous aspect of the job? dogs or icy stairs? >> in this area there's a lot of dogs, bu...

♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ it takes a special breed to live in a province like quebec. it gets cold in winter, and winters are long. it takes a special kind of person for whom frozen rivers, icy wind-whipped streets, deep seemingly endless forests are the norm. i will confess my partisanship up front. i love montreal. it is my favorite place in canada. the people who live there are tough, crazy bastards, and i admire them for it. toronto, vancouver, i love you, but not like montreal. why?

I shall explain. all will be revealed. in the meantime, check this guy out. what's the post office's motto? neither rain nor sleet nor driving snow nor plague of locusts prevent the mail carrier from delivering my junk mail? >> here in montreal, the simple task of delivering the mail in winter comes with its own set of hurdles. icy hurdles. >> i got to ask, do you have special equipment for this? >> we've got like slip-on boots. we do have other boots in the rain -- sorry, when it gets icy. with spikes on them. and they give us also slip-on spikes for when it's icy. >> any sort of city ordinan...

Icy hurdles. >> i got to ask, do you have special equipment for this? >> we've got like slip-on boots. we do have other boots in the rain -- sorry, when it gets icy. with spikes on them. and they give us also slip-on spikes for when it's icy. >> any sort of city ordinance that you have to shovel or -- they're not penalized financially? >> no, they're not penalized. nothing like that. >> any injuries in the line of duty? >> i had several like tumbles. one incident i was off for two months. i thought i broke my ankle. >> what is the most perilous aspect of the job? would it be dogs or icy stairs...

It takes a special kind of person for whom frozen rivers, icy wind-whipped streets, deep seemingly endless forests are the norm. i will confess my partisanship up front. i love montreal. it is my favorite place in canada. the people who live there are tough, crazy bastards, and i admire them for it. toronto, vancouver, i love you, but not like montreal. why? i shall explain. all will be revealed. in the meantime, check this guy out. what's the post office's motto? neither rain nor sleet nor driving snow nor plague of locusts prevent the mail carrier from delivering my junk mail? >> here in mon...