Ottawa Councillor Tim Tierney was elected President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities this week.
I spoke to him about its national priorities and in a local context, particularly infrastructure. That and other news this week.
On today’s city edition of CFRA Weekends:
-Updates on safe consumption closures, Bill 9 and Adisoke Library
-OC Transpo plans for federal workers RTO, staffing.
-Councillors concerned how Ottawa will continue to pay for growth with changes to development charges.
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What I can say is the vacancies are not necessarily the overarching issue, they’re not huge.
It’s retention and feasibility of targets.
More to come.
Michael Valo is a prominent construction lawyer, law professor and author.
I spoke to him about how often large capital projects miss deadline or go over budget. And whether original budgets are realistic.
Also new from me. #ottnews #ottcity
The province couldn’t clarify when the rules kick in or what local powers remain for serious misconduct.
Complainants against former Ottawa Councillor Rick Chiarelli say nothing has changed. #onpoli
A follow up here that the numbers arrived late today and I’ll have an update tomorrow when I can properly assess them in context.
Re-upping my chat with Dr. Monty Ghosh on what to expect when the final two safe consumption sites close on Saturday. #ottnews #ottcity