Ottawa election couldn’t come sooner

They say all press is good press, but when it comes to municipal politics, the more mundane the better. TGIEM—Thank Goodness It's Election Monday.

Outgoing Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson testifies at the Public Order Emergency Commission about the city's handling of the Freedom Convoy in January and February of this year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

October 24, 2022

If there was one thing the Freedom Convoy gave us, it was some insight into government dysfunction. Federal, provincial, and municipal governments flapped about rather helplessly during the occupation in January and February of this year, but the City of Ottawa ended up wearing the biggest 'F'—for...

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