I agree: Ottawa’s transit failures don’t belong to one mayor

The lesson should not be about finding one person to blame. It should be about building a system of governance in which responsibility for decisions and outcomes can never again become this difficult to locate.

Riders enter the Tunney’s Pasture LRT Station during their morning commute on Sept. 17, 2024. After billions of dollars in public investment, Ottawa residents should be able to evaluate the LRT system without first choosing a political team to defend, writes Jacob Beaulieu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JACOB BEAULIEU

August 20, 2026

I only recently came across Walter Robinson's June 10 response to my

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