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Ottawa needs to find new inspiring candidates for public office | Opinion

Mohammed Adam: Ottawa has plenty of people who qualify for public office. If we can't convince them to run, voter turnout will remain dismal.

Across the city, people are lamenting the poor turnout in the municipal election, when a historic-low 36 per cent of voters cast their ballots, making it the second-worst turnout in the history of amalgamated Ottawa.

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