Politics
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Tonight: Liveblogging “Debate 2.0”
Debate 2.0: Envisioning Ottawa’s Future Tonight at 9.00 P.M. is the mayoral debate we’ve been waiting for here at Spacing Ottawa. Leveraging...
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Looking for the ideas behind the sniping
Someone asked me today when I was going to stop being so polite during my weekly municipal pundit gig on CBC’s Ottawa Morning. I guess I have been...
By Vicky Smallman -
Would big government be better for Ottawa?
Editor’s note: Spacing Ottawa reader Adam Bentley send this to us in the form of a letter to the editor. Discussion around reducing the size of...
By Evan Thornton -
How to influence the Ottawa election
If the performances at the opening mayoral debate are any indication, Ottawa voters may be left scratching their heads in confusion this election season...
By Ian Capstick -
Doucet’s transit plan: mind the gaps
Editor’s note: This week mayoral candidate Clive Doucet renewed the debate around the future of Ottawa transit by announcing a plan that would use...
By Eric Darwin -
The Dog Days of Summer Campaign
September is approaching and campaigns are picking up the pace. Candidates are starting to roll out their platforms. Pressure groups are lining up debates...
By Vicky Smallman -
Gender and the City: parity still eludes us
Apparently there are a record number of candidates running for municipal council this year. For those looking for some alternatives to the status quo...
By Vicky Smallman -
The strategist and the policy wonk – at last a contest for both
What a difference a few weeks make. It seems we have a mayoral race. It wasn’t much of a surprise when Mayor Larry O’Brien announced his...
By Vicky Smallman -
Opinion: Renaming Wellington Street would be an act of historical amnesia
Editor’s note: Immanuel Giulea is the Founder and Executive Director of the Société Macdonald-Cartier Society. Ottawa’s civic holiday in August is...
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Ottawa’s election: still no narrative
At just over 130 days away from the ballot and it’s barely registered to most in the city that an election is around the corner. Sure, incumbents are...
By Ian Capstick -
CityVote takes a visual turn
This half of CityVote is taking a decidedly visual turn for the next little while. I’ll be blunt: I was having trouble breaking out of my “rant mode” with...
By Ian Capstick -
Idea-shy mayor’s race: playing for time, or putting us to sleep?
It’s true that elections are no time to debate policy – between the hot button-pressing and the sound bite speaking, no one seems to want to do any...
By Vicky Smallman